Malcolm's life in Harlem left instilled in him, images that will forever define him and what he stands for. To further expose the racism he experiences, Malcolm uses animal imagery to depict the whites’ brashness towards him. He recalled a white supremacist judge looking at him as if he was examining a “pink poodle” or a “pet canary” (Haley 32). Further fueling the prejudice, he referred to Malcolm as a “fine colt, or pedigreed pup” (32). Through this racial encounter, Malcolm came to an epiphany that whites “…didn’t give [him] credit for having the same sensitivity, intellect, and understanding that they would have been ready and willing to recognize in a white boy in [his] position” (32). Malcolm uses such imagery to visually depict the oppression he, as a black man, faced in America during the
Malcolm's life in Harlem left instilled in him, images that will forever define him and what he stands for. To further expose the racism he experiences, Malcolm uses animal imagery to depict the whites’ brashness towards him. He recalled a white supremacist judge looking at him as if he was examining a “pink poodle” or a “pet canary” (Haley 32). Further fueling the prejudice, he referred to Malcolm as a “fine colt, or pedigreed pup” (32). Through this racial encounter, Malcolm came to an epiphany that whites “…didn’t give [him] credit for having the same sensitivity, intellect, and understanding that they would have been ready and willing to recognize in a white boy in [his] position” (32). Malcolm uses such imagery to visually depict the oppression he, as a black man, faced in America during the