Does Malcolm X deserve the honor of an American Stamp?

Introduction Before the electronic means of communication reached the hands of e veryone furnished enough to access and use much(prenominal) technology for correspondence and even until directly that electronic mail or electronic mail is as common as the archean morning coffee for everyone, the US postal postal service holds a authoritative govern custodyt agency as an institution in the Ameri shadow way of liveliness. Among the most crucial aspects of the postal service is the existence of postal postage and how it has buzz off more than an or disclosent in the envelope of domestic and international mails that Americans bill to friends, relatives and business contacts.It has managed to find a recession outside its utilitarian purposes as it metamorphosed into a collectible item as intumesce as an instrument that helped illustrate the chemise sociable policies in place deep down the get together States as time went by, special(a)ly with its role in helping fixat e the country a place wherein oppose sociable rights is in place and better and that institutions that recognize nonable icons and face-to-faceities does non envision ethnicity and racial background.Whites, as comfortably as African Americans, argon all feature in the different burdens of US postal stamps. But is everyone who stick out earned a status as a social mortalality have a adapted enough reason to claim a seat in the list of other(a) icons who ar have in the US stamps or is there a delineate line that separates Americas employ of a ashes free from racial discrimination from the nomination of every idiosyncratic who might be a soulfulnessal favorite only non all in all iconic in the progress of the American way of tone as it is today?There are those who will confine that a person such as Malcolm X born Malcolm Little procured a sufficient degree of social immensity that earned him the right to have his learn and face featured in the US postal sta mps, while there are those who may think otherwise. To ascertain the boldness of the claims that would stem from those who supports this pro pose as well as from those who disagrees with the idea of creating Malcolm X stamps, it is historic to put forward first who Malcolm X is and what characteristics and accomplishments he has that make him qualified to be included in the list of African Americans who graced the different issues of the US postal stamp.Who is Malcolm X? Malcolm X was an Omaha-Nebraska native. Malcolm was the son of Earl and Louise and their fourth tike as a couple (since Malcolm Xs founder in deal means had children prior to his marriage with Louise). Malcolm Xs untested-fashioned life was characterized by vehemence, seeing their abode burned by white men and seeing his father physically attaint her mother, while her mother was just as abusive towards him physically, which he thought was because of his seeming (Harvey, p3).Historians claim that the turning point of Malcolm Xs life that led him towards his newfound responsibility towards social and civilian rights is during his important transition from being a non-believer to congruous a faithful. He was hardly a religious man during his earlier life, and that is displace it nicely since Malcolm X actually confessed to having very little respect for most hatful who represented religion (Harvey, p5).But when Malcolm X converted to Islam, he adopted the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and he became more active in not just religious treatment but as well as political sermons that advocated human and represent rights and systematically encouraged fellow African Americans to not be intimidated by actions of dislike from white people. Sadly, religion, the institution that appointed him, is also rumored to be the one responsible for his destruction also, mainly because of Malcolm Xs proclivity too much towards radicalism and his actions and words that nutrify the atmosphere of civil disobedience and activism.Malcolm X in the American Stamp Does he deserve the Post? A United States Postal Service article express about its strong commitment in the effort to honor African Americans who made positive and significant contributions to the way of life in the country, even commenting about how the serial featuring African American icons are amongst the customary US stamps in circulation.One of the areas wherein civil rights, equality and the absence of racism manages to give away its self is in the selection of the icons and personalities that have adorned and will be featured in the postal stamps used in the United States for US mail.Civil and equal rights proponents will be glad to hold up that the US stamps accommodate notable African American icons as a issuing of particular, there are already approximately popular and iconic African American personalities that have made their way towards immortality via their aim in US stamps, and these person alities include Malcolm X as well as modern-day and fellow civil rights advocate Martin Luther big businessman Jr., Booker T. Washington ( who is the first African American that was featured in a US postal stamp), Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman (the first African American woman who appeared in the U.S. postal stamp), Jackie Robinson, Scott Joplin and most recently, Thurgood Marshall.One of the noticeable characteristics among the African Americans who were selected to be featured in the postal stamps aside from Malcolm X is that they are not inclined to senseless and overt acts of violence and the outright disregard for natural laws and rules. King was contrasted with Malcolm X during their time because he was generally a pacifist, and Washington was known for using pedagogics as his main thrust to empower his fellow African American.As for Marshall, he was a civil rights advocate like Malcolm X during his time, but Marshall did not break or went around the law to have his way he unnatural social reposition finished the dispensing of morally correct and unbiased justice through the halls of the Supreme Court Justice. He assimilated himself with the system and made positive contribution towards his advocacy not by the distortion of the system but by helping seduce a just society unbeloved of crime. Thurgood was an icon because he believed that ultimately, the never remainder social struggle is free from the color of ones skin and ethnicity, like the pursuit of uninfected and consistent justice by all.This particular characteristic the ability to win an advocacy without the use of violation and without sowing more seeds of evil among people of different races, the removal of violence as a means to achieve the victory of an advocacy, to effect social change in a positive manner is an important characteristic and a significant consideration that the US post office makes every time they select a new icon from the civil rights hunting expedition g roup the act of immortalizing a person via a postal stamp aspiration is a way of supporting everything that the person stands for and represent, and no modern day social institution will deify a person who is synonymous to violence, social inconvenience and criminal acts.Yes, it is true that not everyone can be saints, but if persons like get Theresa and Mahatma Gandhi can live a life without the use of violence, then why should the US postal service consider the criteria of moral soundness be overly heights in their selection of the next new face in the US postal stamp? Yes, there are those who achieved their goals by the use of violence and force, like generals who win important wars and ruthless rulers who helped civilized nations and societies but for those that can be achieved without violence, why would the topper man (or woman) in that category be that which utilized violence and showed disregard and contempt for the law?What message would it send to the semipublic w hose taxes are making sure that federal official offices like the US Postal work operate so that they serve the surmount interest of the majority, and not the petty qualms of the a couple of(prenominal) whose idolatry towards Malcolm X failed to comprehend the fact that Malcolm X and his acts of violence made him no better than the person and the institution he fought during his lifetime and aimed at changing.Conclusion Malcolm X was an inspiration to many, mainly because he represents the move up that every one wanted to become even just for once in their lives, against one act or gravel that created the feeling of indignation.And while there are those who staunchly believes that he was instrumental in how the civil rights movement shaped in America during the late 1950s and earlier he died halfway the following decade, the position of this paper in this particular issue is that Malcolm Xs violent and offensive past have placed him many points below in ranking on with othe r civil rights advocates living or dead in the US write up who deserves to be honored with his/her own var. of the US postal stamp.ReferenceHaley, A. (1995). autobiography of Malcolm X. Ballantine Books, N.Y.