How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #4
But I saw other Negroes better off; they lived in blocks of rundown red brick houses. The old "Colonial" railroaders had told me about Washington having a lot of "middle-class" Negroes with Howard University degrees, who were working as laborers, janitors, porters, guards, taxi-drivers, and the like. For the Negro in Washington, mail-carrying was a prestige job. (5.12)
Howard University is a prestigious and historically Black University. So the unfairness of the situation is kind of like if the majority of Harvard graduates could only be janitors because of their skin color.
Quote #5
Every day in Small's Paradise Bar was fascinating to me. And from a Harlem point of view, I couldn't have been in a more educational situation. Some of the ablest of New York's black hustlers took a liking to me, and knowing that I still was green by their terms, soon began in a paternal way to "straighten Red out." (6.10)
Why do you think these hustlers felt they had to educate Malcolm X? Exactly what kind of education was he getting?
Quote #6
Out of the blue one day, Bimbi told me flatly, as was his way, that I had some brains, if I'd use them. I had wanted his friendship, not that kind of advice. I might have cursed another convict, but nobody cursed Bimbi. He told me I should take advantage of the prison correspondence courses and the library. (10.28)
Bimbi was a convict in the same prison as Malcolm who was known for his intelligence. Why do you think Malcolm gets so cranky when Bimbi tells him to get his butt into the library?