Themes In Malcolm his time and today. These are the themes of the novel that interest me the most, some that I agree with and others that are a little less savory. Malcolm X dealt with race from a young age and not with white people, as many people might guess, but with his own family. Of the many children Malcolm's parents had, he points out in the book that he was the lightest-skinned child of all, and although he seems to be describing favoritism on the part of his father. While he describes his mother as still being haunted by him because since he was so light-skinned, she believed it was due to her mother being raped by a white man, and Malcolm reminded her of this event. As he continues to describe his young life, he learns more about his world and particularly racism. He details how his house was burned down twice, how his father was murdered, and how his life insurance company refused to pay for his father. death. When his mother is admitted to a

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