Reginald has come to visit Malcolm and to teach him about the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad’s message about the oppression of black people by white American society. Reginald tells him how this society has prevented Malcolm from ever making something more of himself. Malcolm then thinks back through his life—and considers all of the white people he’s known who have either hustled and exploited him or held him back in some way. He feels that Reginald’s words are true, but he needs time to really believe them and apply them to his own experience. Malcolm has been so…