I don't recall the exact quote, but yeah Malcolm X didn't see a point in returning to Africa so he took up the name X as a signifier of a new black development specifically for the African American as a political subject. I would argue that could basically go for almost any minority in America, it's definitely how I feel personally.
Tfw you have your culture and heritage stripped from you so the only identity you can assume is "X" American :deeper-sadness:
What was that Zizek quote about how cool Malcolm X was for not looking for some ancestral culture but starting from the the blank slate so to speak?
I don't recall the exact quote, but yeah Malcolm X didn't see a point in returning to Africa so he took up the name X as a signifier of a new black development specifically for the African American as a political subject. I would argue that could basically go for almost any minority in America, it's definitely how I feel personally.