--- title: "15 Afros Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "15 Afros quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Afros sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-th_1049740.jpg" --- > [The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-the-case-may-be-afro-americans/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-th_1049740.jpg) > [ Since the main problem that American, the Afro- Americans have is a lack of cultural identity. It is necessary to teach \[people\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/since-the-main-problem-that-american-the-afro-americans-have-is-a/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/malcolm-x-213_afros_since-the-main-problem-that-american-the_1983556.jpg) > [I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-might-say-this-that-the-problem-of-the-the-solution-for-the-afro/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/malcolm-x-213_afros_i-might-say-this-that-the-problem-of-the_3188644.jpg) > [The separating of a section of America for Afro- Americans is similar to expecting a heaven in the sky somewhere after you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-separating-of-a-section-of-america-for-afro-americans-is-similar/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-separating-of-a-section-of-america-f_517715.jpg) > [The American system itself is incapable. It is as incapable of producing freedom for the Afro-American as the system of a chicken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-american-system-itself-is-incapable-it-is-as-incapable-of/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/847/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-american-system-itself-is-incapable_684735.jpg) > [ The problem \[ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans\] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-problem-of-the-twenty-two-million-afro-americans-is-so-broad-that/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-problem-of-the-twenty-two-million-af_1910166.jpg) > [When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-we-say-afro-american-we-include-everyone-in-the-western/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/malcolm-x-213_african_when-we-say-afro-american-we-include-eve_3207209.jpg) > [Forget the methods or the differences in methods. As long as we agree that the thing that the Afro-American wants and needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/forget-the-methods-or-the-differences-in-methods-as-long-as-we-agree/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/malcolm-x-213_afros_forget-the-methods-or-the-differences-in_2264936.jpg) > [It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/it-is-not-a-case-of-our-people-wanting-either-separation-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/malcolm-x-213_afros_it-is-not-a-case-of-our-people-wanting-e_2239913.jpg) > [I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-be-against-all-forms-of-racism-2/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/malcolm-x-213_afros_i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-b_523014.jpg) > [Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-career-has-to-be-looked-at-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/malcolm-x-213_adam_adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-c_6932.jpg) > [The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-common-goal-of-22-million-afro-americans-is-respect-as-human/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-common-goal-of-22-million-afro-ameri_465502.jpg) > [Here you have 22 million Afro-Americans, black people today, catching more hell than Patrick Henry ever saw. And I'm here to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/here-you-have-22-million-afro-americans-black-people-today-catching/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/malcolm-x-213_afros_here-you-have-22-million-afro-americans_1364810.jpg) > [It is the system itself that, that is incapable of producing freedom for the twenty-two million Afro-Americans. Just like a chicken can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/it-is-the-system-itself-that-that-is-incapable-of-producing-freedom/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/malcolm-x-213_afros_it-is-the-system-itself-that-that-is-inc_1222527.jpg) > [I look at the problem of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans as being a problem that's so broad in scope that it's almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-look-at-the-problem-of-the-twenty-two-million-afro-americans-as/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/malcolm-x-213_afros_i-look-at-the-problem-of-the-twenty-two_1688127.jpg) ## Other authors on Afros ## More by Malcolm X > [If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/if-christianity-had-asserted-itself-in-germany-six-million-jews-would/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-career-has-to-be-looked-at-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/be-nonviolent-only-with-those-who-are-nonviolent-to-you-and-when-you/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-can-t-legislate-good-will-that-comes-through-education/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/truth-is-on-the-side-of-the-oppressed-today-it-s-against-the-oppressor/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-going-to-jail-with-negroes-are/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-muslims-believe-that-the-white-race-which-is-guilty-of-having/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I mean a real police state just to get a token recognition of a law. It take, it took, I think, 15,000 troops and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-mean-a-real-police-state-just-to-get-a-token-recognition-of-a-law/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/like-samson-i-am-ready-to-pull-down-the-white-man-s-temple-knowing/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Any negro who occupies a position that was given to him by the white man, if you analyze his function, his function never enables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/any-negro-who-occupies-a-position-that-was-given-to-him-by-the-white/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Stumbling is not falling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/stumbling-is-not-falling/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [God is going to punish the white man for his misdeeds toward black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/god-is-going-to-punish-the-white-man-for-his-misdeeds-toward-black/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Much of what I say might sound like it's stirring up trouble, but it's the truth!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/much-of-what-i-say-might-sound-like-it-s-stirring-up-trouble-but-it-s/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-believe-in-the-brotherhood-of-all-men-but-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afros/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "15 Afros Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-the-case-may-be-afro-americans/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-th_1049740.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-th_1049740.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/malcolm-x-213_afros_the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-th_1049740.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Since the main problem that American, the Afro- Americans have is a lack of cultural identity. 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And it teaches me to be for the rights of all human beings, but especially the Afro-American human being, because my religion is a natural religion, and the first law of nature is self-preservation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-be-against-all-forms-of-racism-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/malcolm-x-213_afros_i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-b_523014.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/malcolm-x-213_afros_i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-b_523014.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/malcolm-x-213_afros_i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-b_523014.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. 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On the other hand, he probably hasn't done as much as he could or as much as he should because he is the most independent negro politician in this country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-career-has-to-be-looked-at-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/malcolm-x-213_adam_adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-c_6932.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/malcolm-x-213_adam_adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-c_6932.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/malcolm-x-213_adam_adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-c_6932.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. 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