Criminal Justice And Human Rights Law Blog: New York Today: Remembering Malcolm X - NYTimes.com. I am so glad my father sat me down and asked me to listen to him speak whenever he saw him on television. Dad used to say that Malcolm poked his eye in the finger of white racism.. I am so glad my father sat me down and asked me to listen to him speak whenever he saw him on television. Dad used to say that Malcolm poked his eye in the finger of white racism. I am so glad my father sat me down and asked me to listen to him speak whenever he saw him on television. Dad used to say that Malcolm poked his eye in the finger of white racism. I am thankful that my dad encouraged me to watch Malcolm X speak whenever he was on TV. He said Malcolm poked his finger in the eye of white hypocracy