You're going to have a racial explosion, and a racial explosion is more dangerous than an atomic explosion. It's going to explode because black people are dissatisfied; they're dissatisfied not only with the white man, but they're dissatisfied with these Negroes who have been sitting around here posing as leaders and spokesmen for black people and actually making the problem worse instead of making the problem better.
Malcolm XI believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
Malcolm XThat's where Dr. [Martin Luther] King is mixed up. His goals should be the solution of the problem of the black man in America.
Malcolm XIf you're born in America with a black skin, you're born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today are beginning to regard our plight or predicament in this society as one of a prison inmate.
Malcolm X