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jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:16 PM Mar 2016

"He doesn't condemn him, he goes to work on him."

MalcomX was talking about Minister Farrakhan's program for rehabilitation, and how he treats people released from jail.

Two different approaches, but only one has any chance of real change and commitment. Of the people I have known or read about who are the really effective organizers and shakers, this seems to be a common characteristic, whether they are "good" or "bad."

I try to remember that.

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