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O-19 (Rew, 12-14-64} — eee against oppression in his country). When I told him that my political, social and economic phil- osophy was black nationalism, he asked me very frankly, well, where did that leave him? Because he was white. He was an African, but he was Al- gerian, and to all appearances, he was a white man. And_he said if I define my objective as the victory of black nationalism, where does that leave him? Where does that leave revolutionaries in Mo- rocco, Egypt, Iraq, Mauritania? So he showed me where I was alienating people who were true rev- olutionaries dedicated to overturning the system of exploitation that exists on this earth by any means necessary. So, I had to do a lot of thinking and reapprais- ing of my definition of black nationalism. Can we sum up the solution to the problems confronting our people as black nationalism? And if you notice, I haven't been using the expression for several months. But I stil! would be hard pressed to give a specific definition of the overall philosophy which I think is necessary for the liberation of the black people in this country. Is it true, as is often said, that you favor violence? I don't favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to reach his objectives peacefully. But I'm also a re- alist. The only people in this country who are asked to be non-violent are black people. I've never heard anybody goto the Ku Klux Klan and teach them non-violence, or to the Birch society and other right-wing elements. Non-violence is only preached to black Americans and I don't go along with anyone who wants to teach our people non-violence until someone at the same time is teaching our enemy to be non-violent. I believe we should pro- tect ourselves by any means necessary when we are attacked by racists. What do you think is responsible for race prejudice in the U_S.? Ignorance and greed. And a skillfully designed program of miseducation that goes right along with the American system of exploitation and op- pression. If the entire American population were properly educated—by properly educated, I mean given a true picture of the history and contributions of the black man—I think many whites would be less racist in their feelings. They would have more re- spect for the black man as a human being. Know- ing what the black man’s contributions to science and civilization have been in the past, the white man's feelings of superiority would be at least partially negated. Also, the feeling of inferjgority that the black man has would be replaced by a bal- Tolson —_ Belmont Moht DeLoach _. Casper Callghan - Conrad — Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter _ Tele Room Holmes — Gandy INTERVIEW WITH MALCOLM X (Cont. ) The Washington Post ana Times Herald The Washington Daily News ____ The Evening Star New Yerk Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Baltimore Sun The Worker The New Leader ——_—_-___ The Wall Street Journal —_ The Nattend] Observes People’s World Date MarcheApri? '65_ YOUNG SOCIALIST Page 3