Although this book is written about a time period more than 70 years in the past, this modern-day graffti and what it represents really connects to the mood of my book. In X, Malcolm Little is growing up in a family that tells him he can do whatever he wants, that he is strong and capable. Then, as he gets older, he is confronted again and again with a society that clearly does not think that. Reading about the oppression that young men like Malcolm experienced and internalized makes me feel like I can't breathe. It makes me sad and angry that so much has not really changed for young African-American men and what there life is like on a day-to-day basis.
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