GR translation: extravagantly conked

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for replying, Michael and Darah.


On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 1:59 PM Darah Kehnemuyi via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

>  Malcolm X's nickname for a time was "Red".
>     On Thursday, June 2, 2022, 11:57:02 PM EDT, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  You are correct.
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> https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x/symbols/the-conk
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> “…he maintained a “conk” hairstyle, which was a way of chemically relaxing
> naturally kinky hair. The style was popular among African American men from
> the 1920s to the 1960s, despite the risk of chemical burns and the high
> amount of care necessary to maintain it. In his later years, as he reflects
> back on his youth and the culture of the “cool cats,” Malcolm no longer
> sees this as simply an aesthetic choice.”
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