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Another way to put it: Malcolm X was authentic in everything he did, and that was something this country needed. He was able to articulate more clearly than an
by dwolfson20 12y ago
Another way to put it: Malcolm X was authentic in everything he did, and that was something this country needed.
He was able to articulate more clearly than anyone else the implications of being black in America: that the only way to succeed in any way was by trying to act white.
Thanks in large part to his activism, that is far less true today.
- aurelian 12y agoWhat does it mean to act white or to act black for that matter?
- dwolfson20 12y agoConking is one example.
- aurelian 12y agoWas conking necessary to succeed, or was it done because many blacks preferred the appearance of straight hair? Sidney Poitier played a doctor in No Way Out in 1950, and his hair doesn't appear to have been straightened.
- wpietri 12y agoYou might find this helpful: http://tressiemc.com/2013/10/29/the-logic-of-stupid-poor-people/ http://tressiemc.com/2013/10/29/the-logic-of-stupid-poor-peo...