Would you mind explaining for us the meaning of your name, which is the letter "X"? During...
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Would you mind explaining for us the meaning of your name, which is the letter "X"?
Malcolm X:
During slavery time, the slave master gave the negro - the so-called negro - named the so-called negro after themselves. The honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that once we come into the knowledge of lslam, the knowledge of ourselves, we replace our slave name with an "X". "X" in mathematics representing the unknown. Since we've been disconnected, or cut off from our own history, our own past, our own culture, our own land, we use the "X," the unknown, until we get back to our country.
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would you mind explaining for us the meaning of your name
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which is the letter X
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Yes uh during slavery time the slave master
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gave the Negro So called Negro
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Named the so called Negro after themselves
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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us
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that once we come into the knowledge of Islam the knowledge of ourselves
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we replace our slave name with an X
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X in mathematics representing the unknown
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Since we've been disconnected or cut off from our own history
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our own past our own culture our own land
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we use the X the unknown until we get back to our country
Clip duration: 50 seconds
Views: 137
Timestamp in movie: 02h 03m 04s
Uploaded: 29 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
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.
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