Malik+Shabazz+(Malcolm+X)

=The Conscience of MALIK Fraternity: = //** Our Shining Prince **//

=__**El Hajj MALIK El SHABAZZ**__=
 * (Malcolm X) **

The Fraternity is named after brother MALIK SHABAZZ. He represents what all should be about: consciousness, progression & yearning to better one's self and humanity. It is our desire that all rekindle that Flame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyoAfZFQDHg&NR=1



__**On Race & Humanity:**__ "I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."

__**On Education: **__
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."

__**On Doing What Is Right No Matter What:**__
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."

__**On Importance of Women Worldwide Having Access to Education:**__ "If you are in a country that is progressive, the woman is progressive. If you're in a country that reflects the consciousness toward the importance of education, it's because the woman is aware of the importance of education. But in every backward country you'll find the women are backward, and in every country where education is not stressed its because the women don't have education."

__**On Success:**__ "Anytime you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't."

__**On Regret/Hindsight - Declining a White Woman's Offer To Help & On the NOI's race hating [Interview with Gordon Parks]**__
 * [Malcolm]:** //"Everybody's wondering why I've been going back and forth to Africa... I wanted firsthand views of the African leaders -- their problems are inseparable from ours... Strangely enough, listening to leaders like Nasser, Ben Bella, and Nkrumah awakened me to the dangers of racism. I realized racism isn't just a Black and white problem. It's brought bloodbaths to about every nation on earth at one time or another."// Malcolm stopped and remained silent for a few moments. //"Brother,"// he said finally, //''remember the time that white college girl came into the restaurant -- the one who wanted to help the Muslims and the whites get together -- and I told her there wasn't a ghost of a chance and she went away crying?"//
 * [Gordon Parks]:** //"Yes."//
 * [Malcolm]:** //"Well, I've lived to regret that incident. In many parts of the African continent I saw white students helping Black people. Something like this kills a lot of argument. I did many things as a [Black] Muslim that I'm sorry for now. I was a zombie then -- like all [Black] Muslims -- I was hypnotized, pointed in a certain direction and told to march. Well, I guess a man's entitled to make a fool of himself if he's ready to pay the cost. It cost me twelve years."//

__**On Racism:**__ "In the past I permitted myself to be used...to make sweeping indictments of all white people, the entire white race and these generalizations have caused injuries to some whites who perhaps did not deserve to be hurt. Because of the spiritual enlightenment which I was blessed to receive as a result of my recent pilgrimage to the Holy city of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of any one race... I must repeat that I am not a racist nor do I subscribe to the tenants of racism. I can state in all sincerity that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people."

__**Please Read:**__

- Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (//by Manning Marable)// [|http://www.malcolmxbio.com]

- Autobiography of Malcolm X //(by Alex Haley)// []