Malcolm appeared confident as a teenager But this confidence was a mask In truth a turbulent home left him fearful desperate for approval and feeling falsely responsible for his family rsquo s problems ldquo For as far back as I remember rdquo he says ldquo every morning I would go into the bathroom look in the mirror and say out loud to myself lsquo You are stupid you are ugly and it rsquo s your fault rsquo rdquo Malcolm rsquo s self-loathing continued until he was twenty-one when he had a divine revelation of his Christian identity ldquo I realized
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