Malcolm X

     Malcolm X got most of his education while in prison. he copied a dictionary to improve his writing and vocabulary, and he read history books to learn about the history of his people and other races. He learned that the white man has pretty much intruded on almost every nonwhite civilization and brought its demise. Malcolm X was appalled at what he learned, and it furthered his belief that the white man is the devil.
     Everything Malcolm X learned in regards to history is true. The white man will go into a different civilization with the intention to convert the natives to Christianity. Their presence is actually due to the fact that the civilization probably has some type of resource or good that the white man wants. This usually leads to some sort of conflict in which the guns of the white man win over the weapons of the native people. This civilization is then under the imperial  power of the white man, and the it will be exploited until every it of that resource or good is gone. This has happened multiple times throughout history. One example is the Europeans coming to America. They wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity, take their lands, and use them as free labor to mine any gold. The Spanish were the first Europeans to come to America, and their main focus was to get all the gold possible. Later Europeans still came for gold, but they still exploited any resource they could. Just look the decrease in forests over time. The white man usually only goes to another civilization because they want something from them.
     Malcolm X educated himself on history, and he feels like he learned more in prison rather than if he went to college. I think he's right. He definitely had a lot of time and not a lot of distractions. He had the freedom to learn as much as he wanted about anything he wanted. In any formal education course, the entire history of something is not taught. History text books generally provide summaries of important historical events. There is never a lot of depth to them. History books are also slightly biased. It is said that "the winners write the history books", and that is very true. There is always more information about the successful people or civilizations than the people or civilizations that were not as successful. One has to do his or her own research to learn the full history of anything. I think Malcolm X's homemade education was better in this way because he was finding out the whole story. I think learning history in school should be the same way because whatever happened already happened. It can't be changed, so I don't think anything should be left out. Some things may cause some people to ask hard questions, but it has to happen. Learning the whole truth is better than knowing the general and summarized truth.