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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I found him quite interesting.  As to balanced,  how so?

Psych wise, I've often wondered if he wasn't bi-polar.  The times I saw him 
he seemed either totally depressed or manically up.

He also seemed to be, hmmm, angsty?  Sort of like a teenager desperately 
seeking an identity.

O.K., for all those folks that like to fling the word racist around, delete 
here. <g>  I mean, cause I'm sure that's the first thing that will be thrown 
in my direction.

I grew up in the Bay Area with a whole bunch of black folks and a whole 
bunch of mixed race kids.  I think both Malcolm X and Obama are sort of 
typical of those kids.  They were desperately seeking identity.  Never 
really felt comfortable in their own skin as they wanted really, really 
badly to be either white or black and not some of each.  Most choose to 
become vehemently black.  And then they waged a life long battle to prove 
just how black they were.

I'm not a fan of mixed marriages for this very reason.  It's not about the 
parents, but rather, about the kids.  Takes a special set of parents and the 
right place to grow up to come out of growing up mixed race all in one piece 
and without a ton of baggage.

I think Malcolm X tilted a whole bunch to the side of white men are evil 
because of this.

Although, towards the end and shortly before he was assissinated, I think he 
was beginning to see the light about the fault not lying all in one 
direction.  I really think his pilgrimage did a lot to help him see the 
world in a more balanced way.

Am I clear as mud as usual <g>

Lynda
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