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A comment on “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Parent comment

Re:“Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malc... by dwolfson20 on Saturday July 26, 2014 @01:16PM (#8090185)
Conking is one example.
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Re:“Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malc... by aurelian on Saturday July 26, 2014 @01:55PM (#8090268)
Was 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.

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Re:“Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography of Malc... by wpietri on Sunday July 27, 2014 @11:41AM (#8093029)
You might find this helpful: http://tressiemc.com/2013/10/29/the-logic-of-stupid-poor-peo...
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