Happy Birthday Malcolm X

When I was thirteen I read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". It was a life changing defining moment for me. At that age young Jewish boys have a bar mitzpah, a ceremony that symbolizes and celebrates becoming a man. Me reading the life story of Malcolm was me becoming a man. He was a hero. He pointed out things in this world that I really needed to see and particularly at that age. He caused me to use my mind and become an intellectual threat to those only looking to see me or "my kind" shuck and jive. Now that I think of it that was around the time I decided to become a rapper as well. The power of mind and voice working in tandem is a lesson I learned from Malcolm. I should take this opportunity to chide another hero Dr. Cornel West about his stance and public abuse of Obama and encourage him to take heed the words of Malcolm when he said "There can be no Black-White unity until there is first some Black Unity". Happy Birthday Malcolm X you never really died because your spirit lives on.