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Powell's Hair being "Filed?" What's THAT about?!
09-23-2012, 02:25 PM (This post was last modified: 09-23-2012 02:34 PM by Jenny.)
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RE: Powell's Hair being "Filed?" What's THAT about?!
I think you're onto something, Linda!

I doubt Powell's hair was the same type as African Americans; rather I think that the newspaper used the term to purposely degrade Lew by associating him with a term used mostly to describe haircuts for blacks (considered "inferior" people at the time for the most part).
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RE: Powell's Hair being "Filed?" What's THAT about?! - Jenny - 09-23-2012 02:25 PM

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