EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As a young boy, Mustapha Farrakhan would sometimes watch his charismatic and controversial grandfather captivate thousands of members of the Nation of Islam during speeches.
“But when you’re little, you know, sometimes you would fall asleep and stuff,” Mustapha, a 6-foot-3 guard out of the University of Virginia, recalled Monday after working out for the Nets.
Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam and Mustapha’s grandfather, has been linked to the assassination of Malcolm X and to numerous antisemitic comments, yet his grandson wants to emphasize the older man’s positive values.
“At the later stages of my life I’ve been able to listen to him and pick up things,” said Mustapha, who graduated from Virginia with a degree in sociology. “Just treat other people how you want to be treated. You know, freedom, justice and equality, just for everybody. It doesn’t matter what race, or whatever class or wherever you’re from. You just treat people the right way, so that’s how I life my life and that’s my motto.”
