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Malcom had took on illegal jobs for money
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| Harlem was a thriving city. Instead of being a street hustler, black men should have just gotten a job or went to school. | |
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| Street hustling did serve black men in a very special way. When there were no jobs available outside of the community, illegal activities such as the numbers lottery were the only employment opportun | |
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People diidnt care that they were getting arrested
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| Malcolm was a hard-core criminal. | |
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| They were known to be crimes as far as law was concerned, though, and Harlemites fully expected to be arrested. I know what I was I was doing and I don’t care its what I had to do because there were | |
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| I only did what I had to do. Times were tough, and there were no jobs available, and besides who wants to hire a street youth, when the could hire some fancy white boy living the luxe life. doing ille | |
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