If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood.

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.