Short analysis on Malcolm X Hair
Malcolm X “Hair” In the text Malcolm X describes how he conks his hair for the first time. “Shorty decided that my hair was finally long enough . ... After all his friend decides for him to conk his hair. ... Malcolm X is cutting and conking his hair to physically become a White man to become member of the ruling society of the Whites and so to follow their philosophical ideas about lifestyle. ... By conking his hair and later straightening it with a comb he feels a deep pain. ... Neither one’s inner mind will transform into being a white man nor one will get another personality by just changing the colour of one’s hair.