"You understand my black brothers. They told us, if you try and emulate and imitate the white man, then you can be successful. So we tried that… I told Michael Jackson, if your'e poor, you're a poor negro. I would use the N word. But if you're rich, you are a rich negro. If you are intelligent, intellectual, they will call you an intellectual negro. If you're dancing and sliding and gliding n——r - I mean , Negro — you're a dancing and sliding and gliding Negro. So dare not alienate because you cannot assimilate. So you know, you're going to be a Negro until you die," said King.