Topic: Co Opting

2 chapters across the catalog

94: Helping Our People
3:03:15 - 3:08:10

94: Helping Our People

Malcolm X on Ghetto Hustlers, Obama and Rappers

In a throwback clip, Malcolm X explains why the "ghetto hustler" is the most dangerous man to the white power structure because he has no fear of the system. The hosts argue that Barack Obama's administration successfully co-opted this energy by bringing rappers into the White House. This move neutralized potential enemies of the system by giving them a sense of privilege and access.

51: Civil Wrongs
1:14:57 - 1:19:02

51: Civil Wrongs

Malcolm X, Coffee and Cream Integration Analogy

Mo Facts plays a famous clip of Malcolm X using a coffee and cream analogy to describe the dangers of integration. Malcolm X argued that just as cream weakens strong black coffee, forced integration serves to "cool down" and co-opt the Black movement, making it less effective and more palatable to the white establishment. The hosts discuss how this "creaming" of the movement led to a loss of independent power.