The Hate That Hate Speech Analysis

In 1959 a documentary was produced entitled The Hate that Hate Produced which took a look at the Islamic nation and their feelings towards white people. The program was televised and broadcasted over New York television stations for the entire city to see. Malcolm X wanted to go ahead with the broadcasting of the program but Elijah Muhammad was a bit more reluctant. He felt that this would bring unwarranted attention toward the nation Islam and he felt it would be counterproductive to their cause. Malcolm however felt that this would be a great way to expose the nation of Islam and invite new members who felt they did not want to join the ongoing civil rights movement. Muhammad reluctantly agreed to the broadcast, but this would be the begging of the
Many were scared by Malcolm’s strong words of hatred. Malcolm felt that blacks did not need to be integrated with the whites for any reason as they could solve their problems without any assistance from the white community. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP felt that hate speech no matter what race it comes from is decrementing to mankind as a whole and is not the solution to any of the worlds problems. Thanks to this program the black Muslims had their official introduction to the world. Within a few years the nation of Islam went from being a relatively unknown small black revolutionary group to the largest black owned business in the United States with the help of Malcolm X. There were temples in numerous states and Malcolm X had become a household name amongst the black community. The police maintained surveillance on their activies and kept a watchful eye on everything that they did. Malcolm seemed aware of this fact and simply stated that “we will always obey the law but we will defend ourselves if necessary”, showing that he was not intimidated by the