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Malcolm X — Part 4
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"slavemaster's wicked world,
"If TRANSFORMATION is the yardstick by which
the strength of relisious TRUTH chould be measured, let
us examine and see whet CHANGE the Message of the
Honorable Elifah Muharciad has brovght shout in his
followers during the short time be has been teaching
us here in America...erd tet us then Judge him according
to the RSGULTS of his teachings among us.
“Before bearing Messenger Muhammad's soul-
stirring Message of Jalan, the Christian religion that
our white slavemasters had brainwashed us with was one
in which we served many idols and stayed confused; it
kep us diviced and upset by its many confusing doetrines
and contradictions.
"The white Christian Slavemasters called our
churches the ‘Negro Church,’ to let the world know that
‘our! was a separate church, distinct and apart from his
own white Christian church, which he had every intention
of keeping ‘lily white. '
"In fact the Negro church was only a futile
attempt by us {ex-slaves) to IMITATE the white church
cof our Christian Slavcnacsters. « . even going to the
extreme of parroting the white slavemasters! lying
Christian doctrine that all dark people are cursed by
God to work and serve ‘White Christians. ! es
"Our Negro churches were constantly torn with
divisions, caused by the petty Negro preachers who were
not interested in the welfare of the people but only
wanted wealth and pover for themselves, and who were
therefore cantinucusly ercating ‘new denominations’
and setting up factions of their own that kept us
confused and divided one against the other, °
~ Le =
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