A simple question about Malcom X with a simple answer included.

Did prison corrupt Malcolm?

Before Malcom was in prison, he was apart of a life of crime. He would do illegal drugs then sell them, attempt to murder somebody who is drunk, and even does robbery. When he finally did reach to prison it had a both positive and negative impact on Malcolm as further on in the book, he would get a dictionary to read and write more sophisticated. However, when he was informed about the religion of Islam his views on race were different. He was always not shore about blacks and whites mixing together and at that point anything could change his mind. Islam's main gimmick was to hate the white man and become independent from the whites. As being independent is not a bad thing but labeling whites as "the root of all evil" is problematic in it's own way. This would also make people like him just as bad of what whites did to blacks before. Prison had helped him in a productive way but also made him less ethical towards whites.