It's all about what it's like to stand out from the crowd. Malcolm X in Hair is trying to blend in with the crowd, starting out with his hair. It's just hair, nothing special, but his want for a "white looking" hair shows significance that he wants to fit in. It's like high school, everyone is trying to find out what is considered "in" or "out." In Hair, Malcolm X is on his way to self- degradation. He wants to feel superior for just once in his life because society always looked down on having different colored skin.
Langston Hughes tells a story about being different. He says wearing a different color doesn't mean you can't like the same things or do the same things as a white person. He feels that everyone is connected in this world even though some people don't want to be. Some can learn from each other and it really doesn't matter about color. In fact, everyone can learn more about other culture and races. We all live in the same world, so might as well. When people learn about other people, they don't change along with it. A new perspective in another culture, is something someone gains.
These two stories both talk about society, and how judgmental it can be just because you're different.
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답글삭제I would agree and further add that Malcolm X talks about how 'judgmental [society] can be just because you're different' in specific reference to himself. In his claim to point out that the act itself of conking one's hair is degrading when in fact, the verbal lashing he gives himself and others of African-Americans could easily also be considered demoralizing and degrading. What do you think?
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