Josh Clark

And they couldn't get anything like he's just that upstanding and moral from that point on.

I also I had never even thought to wonder, but I had no idea why his last name was X. I was pretty surprised to learn this, but it makes a lot of sense.

I mean, maybe it is, but I'm pretty uncommon, Chuck.

Yeah.

He also, one of the reasons he despised religion, he despised Christianity in general because he considered that the slave religion that was given to the African slaves to essentially keep them in line.

And so it was actually, it was a big deal that he became this devotee of this religion.

And this particular religion, just really quick,

If you're not familiar with the Nation of Islam, it is not the same thing as Islam that emerged out of the Middle East several hundred years ago.

It bears like a slight resemblance to it, but it is essentially a completely altered version that has a lot of theology that seems very odd to outsiders.

Yeah, so you've heard white devils before.

I mean, all you have to do is listen to, like, Ice Cube.

He always talks about white devils.

But that is actually a teaching from the Nation of Islam, from Elijah Muhammad, and it predates him.

The Nation of Islam had been around for a few decades before Elijah Muhammad was its prophet.

But the reason that they call white people white devils is because, according to black Muslim theology—

There was a genius named Jacob, black genius, who created white people by bleaching black people.

And he mutated them into white, blue-eyed devils.

And the reason why is he wanted to basically put the black race to the test.

So he put them in a subjugated position because he allowed these white people to be devils.

to basically act like white people have treated black people since time immemorial, and that this reign would last about six millennia.