It's like the Negro in America seeing the white man win all the time. He's a professional gambler; he has all the cards and the odds stacked on his side, and he has always dealt to our people from the bottom of the deck.

Malcolm X
About This Quote

In the days of segregation, African Americans in America saw white men winning all the time. In the end, they were right, but for a long time it looked like they were doomed to failure. In this quote, author James Baldwin is talking about how it feels when a person doesn't have a chance at being successful in life due to many factors. They feel hopeless and defeated in a society that they know is stacked against them.

But they stay in their position because there is no way out. They have no power in society and no one sees them as an equal.

Source: The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

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