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Five Percent Nation

The Five Percent Nation was a group founded by members of the Nation of Islam. The believe that the black people, and theoretically the entire world population, are divided into three groups. The largest being the 85%, which are the humble masses and do not posses the absolute truth about the world. These people need to be led. The second group is the 10%. This group understands much of this knowledge but are not masters of it and use what they have to fool and take advantage of the 85%. The Five Percent are those who have complete knowledge and need to lead the 85%.



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