Josh Clark

It's a it's a literal interpretation of where white people came from 6000 years ago.

So this was the this was what Malcolm X was being indoctrinated into.

And he was a smart guy.

So he had to submit himself, like he had to take parts of his brain and just turn them off.

The suspicious part of him as far as like what he was being taught had to be turned off.

The critical thinking part, as far as anything goes with the religion that he took on, he was able to compartmentalize, turn it off and throw himself fully into it.

And he was, for the first decade, essentially, that he was a black Muslim, the best thing that ever happened to the nation of Islam by far.

I agree.

Yeah, for sure.

His rhetoric, the things he was saying, and like you said, the charisma and just how well-spoken he was.

And the points he makes, it's like, you can be white and he's talking about you being a white devil.

Sorry, you.

All white people are white devils.

He was uncompromising in that, right?

It wasn't like, yeah, I mean, some of them are okay.

No white people were okay in this philosophy.

And he, in addition to that rhetoric, he also just knew how to work the media and what levers to pull.

And he pushed Elijah Muhammad way out of his comfort zone to allow him to do new stuff with the Nation of Islam that helped bring in tons and tons of people.

One of the first big ones was a documentary from Mike Wallace, of all people, back in 1959 called The Hate That Hate Produced.

And it just basically said, look at these guys, but at the same time, listen to what these guys have to say.