:23:06
We were parceled out, all of us.
:23:10
The State Agency
destroyed ourfamily.
:23:16
I was sent to a detention home.
:23:19
- This is your room. - I lived
atMrs. Swerling's house.
:23:23
Boys, this is Malcolm.
We'll treat him like a brother.
:23:28
I was the only colored kid
in the class.
:23:33
I became sortof a mascot,
like a pink poodle.
:23:37
I got called niggerso much
that I thought it was my name.
:23:42
They talked about me like
I wasn't there, like I was invisible.
:23:49
The importantthing in life
is to be realistic.
:23:53
We all like you here,
but you're a nigger.
:23:58
- A lawyer is no realistic goal
fora nigger. - Why not?
:24:04
I get the best grades in the class.
I want to be a lawyer.
:24:10
Think about something
that you can be.
:24:14
You're good with your hands,
people would give you work.
:24:20
Be a carpenter. That's a good
profession fora colored person.
:24:26
Wasn't your papa a carpenter?
Jesus was a carpenter.
:24:32
People like you as a person,
you're doing real well.
:24:37
Nothing succeeds like success.
Let me hear it.
:24:41
- Nothing succeeds like success.
- As long as you're realistic.
:24:46
It's not the end
of the world, Malcolm.
:24:50
I said: 'Don't let him
give that boy no pig'.
:24:55
It wasn't the end of the world for
me, but itwas the end for my mother.