Malcolm X’s purpose was to fight for the rights of black people and enable to free them from indicted white America where the white society is dominant. The mainly white society often view Malcolm and other black people as something less than a human. He mentions, “[b]ut I am spending many hours because the full story is the best that I know to have seen, and understood, that I had sunk to the very bottom of the white man’s society” (153). Malcolm’s desire to correct the views on African Americans drives his fight for the racial equality. Malcolm also explains his experiences of profound racism in youth, from school and society who treat him differently from others because he is a person who is a different colour. He recalls as a child:
