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Baines:
[reading from the dictionary]
"Black: Destitute of light, devoid of color. Enveloped in darkness, hence, utterly dismal or gloomy as, 'The future looked black.'" Malcolm X:
Pretty good with them words, ain't ya. Baines:
"Soiled with dirt. Foul. Sullen. Hostile. Forbidding, as, 'a black day.' Foully or outrageously wicked as, 'black cruelty.' lndicating disgrace, dishonor or culpability." And there's others. "Blackmail." "Blackball." "Blackguard." Malcolm X:
Yeah, man. That's something, all right. Baines:
Let's look up "white." Here. Read. Malcolm X:
"White: The color of pure snow. Reflecting all the rays of the spectrum. The opposite of black. Free from spot or blemish." "lnnocent?" "Pure." Huh? Ain't this something? "Without evil intent. Harmless. Honest, square-dealing, and honorable." Wait a minute. This - this - this is written by white folks, though, right? This is a white folks book? Baines:
This sure ain't no black man's book. Malcolm X:
So what we reading this one for? Baines:
Because the truth lying near. If you read behind the words. You got to take everything the white man says and use it against him
[reading from the dictionary]
"Black: Destitute of light, devoid of color. Enveloped in darkness, hence, utterly dismal or gloomy as, 'The future looked black.'" Malcolm X:
Pretty good with them words, ain't ya. Baines:
"Soiled with dirt. Foul. Sullen. Hostile. Forbidding, as, 'a black day.' Foully or outrageously wicked as, 'black cruelty.' lndicating disgrace, dishonor or culpability." And there's others. "Blackmail." "Blackball." "Blackguard." Malcolm X:
Yeah, man. That's something, all right. Baines:
Let's look up "white." Here. Read. Malcolm X:
"White: The color of pure snow. Reflecting all the rays of the spectrum. The opposite of black. Free from spot or blemish." "lnnocent?" "Pure." Huh? Ain't this something? "Without evil intent. Harmless. Honest, square-dealing, and honorable." Wait a minute. This - this - this is written by white folks, though, right? This is a white folks book? Baines:
This sure ain't no black man's book. Malcolm X:
So what we reading this one for? Baines:
Because the truth lying near. If you read behind the words. You got to take everything the white man says and use it against him
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as 'black cruelty '
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Indicating disgrace dishonor or culpability
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And there's others Blackmail Blackball Blackguard
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That's something all right
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Let's look up white
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Here
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Read
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White
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The color of pure snow
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Uh reflecting all the rays of the spectrum
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The opposite of black
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Um
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Free from spot or blemish
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Innocent Pure
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Huh
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Ain't this something Without evil intent
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Harmless
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Honest square dealing and honorable Wait a minute
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Movie Summary
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
Actors
Baines
Malcolm X
