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Malcolm X's Letter To Mecca

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In an essay titled “Letter from Mecca” Malcolm X’s alteration of thinking is portrayed. The core belief behind his change in thinking is that all races; whites and blacks, can come together as one with the help of religion. He believes that all racial issues can be put to the side to create a unified brotherhood if people could accept the “Oneness of God.” “I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man- and cease to measure, and hinder and harm others of their differences in color.” Malcolm X’s visit to the Holy City adjusted his perception on the relationships between blacks and whites. “I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood

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