Perceptions of Zionism in the 20th century weren’t as different as you might believe. Anti-colonial literature has been around since before the middle of the 20th century, and had accurately delineated what colonialism is and what it’s not; see in this regard the works of Aimé Césaire and Franz Fanon, both prominent black authors. Malcolm X also correctly linked Zionism to European colonialism. Hell, even the Zionists saw themselves as colonialists.
I doubt he saw Israel as the western MIC blacksite it became, and more saw it akin to something like Liberia, which he also supported. Which, yes, Liberia is also a colonial project.
Hence, proving further my point.
Does that make him a hypocrite?
More so incoherent, ignorant. I am not dismissing MLK as a prominent figure of the civil rights movement in the US, but to defend his views on Israel is deeply unserious given that other black figures and intellectuals, his contemporaries, were aware of what zionism stood for.
Perceptions of Zionism in the 20th century weren’t as different as you might believe. Anti-colonial literature has been around since before the middle of the 20th century, and had accurately delineated what colonialism is and what it’s not; see in this regard the works of Aimé Césaire and Franz Fanon, both prominent black authors. Malcolm X also correctly linked Zionism to European colonialism. Hell, even the Zionists saw themselves as colonialists.
Hence, proving further my point.
More so incoherent, ignorant. I am not dismissing MLK as a prominent figure of the civil rights movement in the US, but to defend his views on Israel is deeply unserious given that other black figures and intellectuals, his contemporaries, were aware of what zionism stood for.