Weekly Reflection- Sept. 21- 279 words.

This week, I have mainly been re-reading Malcolm X. A sort of trouble and confusion I've been having while reading the book is: Is Malcolm completely unbiased when he tells the story of his life? Sometimes, while reading, I notice some things where Malcolm will say that something happened on purpose, when he really, I don't think, has enough knowledge to tell for sure. For example, he says that the welfare people and CPS were basically obsessed with trying to destroy his family and separate them. Obviously, he has some grounds to make that argument, but I kind of doubt he knows that for sure. There are a lot of scenarios where Malcolm is a bit biased, at least in my opinion, and in a way, that being biased slants the truth somewhat from the actual occurances. Becuase Malcolm is telling the story, I think he can be biased, and I think that would happen for anyone telling a story from a long time ago, but it makes me wonder if he was adding more bias than needed, and if he was, why. I think that bias can be very helpful in proving a point that you want to make, but it leaves me wondering after some points in the book, asking "is that actually what happened?", or "what could have happened if this isn't what happened?". One thing I do think, for sure, is that looking for some bias in the text has actually made me look deeper into the story, so I guess I'm fine with it. In the end, it's his book to do what he wants to it. That's the way I look at it.