Plymouth rock landed on us: Malcolm X's whiteness theory as a basis for alternative literacy

Keith D. Miller

doi:10.2307/4140647

Plymouth rock landed on us: Malcolm X's whiteness theory as a basis for alternative literacy

Keith D. Miller

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Using Burkean theory, I claim that Malcolm X brilliantly exposed the rhetoric and epistemology of whiteness as he rejected the African American jeremiad - a dominant form of African American oratory for more than 150 years. Whiteness theory served as the basis for Malcolm X's alternative literacy, which raises important questions that literacy theorists have yet to consider.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	199-222
Number of pages	24
Journal	College Composition and Communication
Volume	56
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/4140647
State	Published - Dec 2004
Externally published	Yes

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