My First Conk
My First Conk
Malcom X and his article titled “My First Conk” say that black men conked their hairs to unify their existence in the society of white people. This was never done to truly satisfy a personal desire. Conking was a popular procedure done in black males to straighten their hair in 1940’s. The author explains that getting his hair conked was definitely not a delightful experience. Going through the pain of the hot lye burning in his scalp was part of the conking procedure. This was to be done every time someone had to be conked, but evidently was a procedure worth going through each time. Malcom X looked at himse
lf in the mirror admiring his straight hair like he had gone under some kind of miracle transformation of a white man, and told himself that he would never be without one. But in actuality only made them look foolish pretending to be someone they are not. They are black men and woman trying to live their lives in a community where the whites are superior and the blacks are inferior. This became a standard in which almost everybody grew up to believed in. The author identified that while the black community was so rapped up in their conking stages, they neglected to realize that their intellectuality still strongly existed. Their conks and blonde colored wigs were simply doing nothing but making themselves look even more degrading to the white community, and all it did was give them more of a reason to believe that black men and woman shall never be able to equally share the same rights. The author stated that no matter where a negro resided, there was conking going around, and black woman wearing wigs of various colors to endure a white woman"tms appearance that hoped to give them a sense of class to their name. This type of change gave him a some type of recognition to himself. Malcom X also implied that the black community tried to change their ways of physical appearance to get appreciated and they were just as human as the white
Malcom X and his article titled “My First Conk” say that black men conked their hairs to unify their existence in the society of white people. This was never done to truly satisfy a personal desire. Conking was a popular procedure done in black males to straighten their hair in 1940’s. The author explains that getting his hair conked was definitely not a delightful experience. Going through the pain of the hot lye burning in his scalp was part of the conking procedure. This was to be done every time someone had to be conked, but evidently was a procedure worth going through each time. Malcom X looked at himse
lf in the mirror admiring his straight hair like he had gone under some kind of miracle transformation of a white man, and told himself that he would never be without one. But in actuality only made them look foolish pretending to be someone they are not. They are black men and woman trying to live their lives in a community where the whites are superior and the blacks are inferior. This became a standard in which almost everybody grew up to believed in. The author identified that while the black community was so rapped up in their conking stages, they neglected to realize that their intellectuality still strongly existed. Their conks and blonde colored wigs were simply doing nothing but making themselves look even more degrading to the white community, and all it did was give them more of a reason to believe that black men and woman shall never be able to equally share the same rights. The author stated that no matter where a negro resided, there was conking going around, and black woman wearing wigs of various colors to endure a white woman"tms appearance that hoped to give them a sense of class to their name. This type of change gave him a some type of recognition to himself. Malcom X also implied that the black community tried to change their ways of physical appearance to get appreciated and they were just as human as the white