Journal Entry #3

If I were to travel back in time and be a specific historical figure, I would  be Malcolm X. He is someone I look up to for his perspective on the issue of race and how me chose to handle it. He was an individual who felt it was necessary to be willing to take what was needed and fight for his rights not as an African American but as a human. Dr. Martin Luther King was a very powerful figure who was mainly the reason for the civil rights movement, but since my views on the issue are similar to that of Malcolm X, I see him as one important figure in my life. If he were still alive or lived to continue his historical progress, there would be a whole new spectrum of the divisiveness concerning race. Without a doubt, things would not be as they are even to this day.