DJs 31-40

DJ 31. “I told him, when he asked, that id never been in trouble with the police—and up to then, that was the truth.”

This is foreshadowing when he gets in trouble with the law.

DJ 32. “Everyday I listened to costumers who felt like talking, and it all added to my education…. I was thus schooled well, by experts in such hustles as the numbers, pimping, con games of many kinds, peddling dope, and thievery of all sorts, including armed robbery.”

This is foreshadowing how he gets in trouble with the law. By him listening to all of these men and their influence on him as a young man really takes a toll on who he turns into until he goes to jail.

DJ 33. “What I was learning was the hustling society’s first rule: that you never trusted anyone outside of you own closemouthed circle, and that you selected with time and care before you made any intimates even among these.”

This is foreshadowing to his relationship with Elijah Muhammad. At one point we trusted him with his life, than he found that he could trust him anymore. Also it is showing how deep he is into hustling.

DJ 34. “… the first thing she remembered being conscious of was that she was supposed to hate niggers.’”.

This connects to the idea is racism in the south. One of the first memories this girl’s from the south has is that she is supposed to hate blacks.

DJ 35. “And when she started hearing older girls in grade school whispering the hush-hush that niggers were such sexual giants and athletes, and she started growing up secretly wanting to try one.”

This reinforces that idea that whites and black were not familiar with each other and they were both curious about each other. And now that black are more accepted the curiosity because more and more propionate.

DJ 36. “This shouldn’t reflect too badly on that particular building, because almost everyone in Harlem needed some kind of hustle to survive, and needed to stay high in some way to forget what they had to do to survive.”

This shows that tough times are horrible thing most black people have to go through back when they could find really decent jobs. That fact that they had to remain high just to get though the day is pretty rough.

DJ 37. “More women would keep their husbands if they realized their greatest urge is to be men.”

Racism wasn’t the only problem happening in America. Sexism was too and women just wanted to be treated as equally as men. It is a little funny that he says this because it isn’t much different from what black people are going though.

DJ 38. “It didn’t make any difference if you were in Lansing, Boston, or New York—what the white racist said, and still says, was right in those days!”

This reflects on how blacks were aware of the racism and Malcolm is mocking it here. This is ironic because at one time, he was one of those brainwashed blacks that really thought that white were better and so he changed his personality and appearance to seem more white.

DJ 39. “All you had to do was put a white girl anywhere close to the average black man, and he would respond.“

This is talking about the interest of the opposite races was booming at that time. It also shows the power that a white woman could have on a black man.

DJ 40. “The black woman also made the white man’s eyes light up—but he was slick enough to hide it.”

This also shows the interest of the whites and blacks but white people are more ashamed of their interest in black woman, to they aren’t so obvious with their interest.