Emilie’s Reviews > Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa > Status Update

Malcolm asked the Black American: Who taught you to hate yourself? Who taught you to be a pacifist? Was he a pacifist? Who said Black people cannot defend themselves? Does he defend himself?

Hahah this conservative interview note reads like such bad fanfic: “I discovered that that pale, dull yellowish face that had seemed so veiled, so stony, as though beyond all feeling, had flashed into its merciless, leering life-the sudden wolfish grin, the pale pink lips drawn hard back to show
the strong teeth, the unveiled glitter of the eyes beyond the lenses,

However, the students have been deceived somewhat in what's known as the civil rights struggle (which was never designed to solve the problem). The students were maneuvered in the direction of thinking the problem was already analyzed, so they didn't try to analyze it for themselves.

But [MLK’s] losing his grip, he's losing his influence, he's losing his control. I know you don't want me to say that. But, see, this is why you're in trouble. You want somebody to come and tell you that your house is safe, while you're sitting on a powder keg.

so happy to see the Peace Corps landing on their shores to take another look at that thing, and see what it really is. [From the audience: "What is it?"] Exactly what it says: Peace Corps, get a piece of their country. [Laughter and applause]

This is extremism. But it is never referred to as extremism, because it is endorsed by the West,
it's financed by America, it's made respectable by America, and that kind of extremism is never labeled as extremism.

So sexy - at a debate at Oxford uni 1964 the proposition under debate was “Extremism in defence of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” No prizes for guessing the side Malcolm took but interesting to note that he received 137 votes for but 288 against.

I am here to tell you the truth about the situation that Black people in America find themselves confronted with. And if truth condemns America, then she stands condemned.