He understands how important it is not to sound too intellectual, otherwise many of the more uneducated people would tune out from his message. Examples of loaded language like calling the people “slaves” is definitely going to stir their emotions. When X uses “of-the-cuff between you and me,” he means he wants to have an informal, but serious, conversation and so uses idioms and vernacular phrases. Even by shortenting the word “because” to “’cause” gives Malcom X access to his audience that another more formal speech and language might not
He understands how important it is not to sound too intellectual, otherwise many of the more uneducated people would tune out from his message. Examples of loaded language like calling the people “slaves” is definitely going to stir their emotions. When X uses “of-the-cuff between you and me,” he means he wants to have an informal, but serious, conversation and so uses idioms and vernacular phrases. Even by shortenting the word “because” to “’cause” gives Malcom X access to his audience that another more formal speech and language might not