Summary Of My First Conk
Malcolm X writes about his experience as a young boy, wanting to be like the people around him. During the time period this short story, My First Conk was written, racism was very much alive. There is a short paragraph written about the author before the actual short story. This section reveals some of the background of Malcolm X. His entire family was targeted for the color of their skin. Back then, the ‘normal’ people were people with white skin. People with white skin had straight and smooth hair, therefore, people with black skin wanted straight and smooth hair as well. When Malcolm X took the step to have his hair ‘conked’ (straightened), he “joined that multitude of Negro men and woman who are brainwashed into believing that the lack