Malcolm X: Never trusted (1)

"Full time hustlers never can relax to appraise what they are doing and where they are bound. As is the case in any jungle, the hustler's every waking hour is lived with both the practical and the subconscious knowledge that if he ever relaxes, if he ever slows down, the other hungry, restless foxes, ferrets, wolves, and vultures out there with him won't hesitate to make him their pray" (Haley 112). 

This quote stuck out to me because while reading I continued to find more and more examples of how this statement was true in Malcolm's time, and even in our time today. For example, when Malcolm slapped one of Sammy's girls Sammy came running after him with a gun ready to kill him. This showed me how even though Malcolm had considered him one of his best friends, he clearly could not be trusted. It was about survival of the fittest and Sammy was interested in protecting himself and, in this instance, a woman he seemed to care about. He was a pimp who cared about his own well-being and even though he made Malcolm think that he cared about him, he did not. To me, this seemed like an extreme turning point for the way Malcolm looked at Sammy along with other people he knew. Malcolm said, "We soon made up - on the surface. But things never are fully right again with anyone you have seen trying to kill you" (Haley 118).

This topic of not being able to fully trust anyone outside of your family, including those who you think are your friends, directly relates to high school life. I have been through a bad experience in the past with a group of friends who proved not to be friends at all. While I have made many new friends in coming to Pascack Valley, I am now always aware that only a few close friends can always be trusted with absolutely anything.  

An example that defends this is the movie Mean Girls. Regina believes that Cady had become her friend when in reality she is just pretending while actually sabotaging her life.

Mean Girls