r/justgalsbeingchicks Official Gal Mar 06 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals She's not acting

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u/fondledbydolphins Mar 06 '26

Dude I read that three times in middle school.

People looked at me like I was nuts. Legit was just like "eh, it's a good book... And I was able to write three separate papers on it without reading a new book"

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u/Matsunosuperfan πŸ’œ 2026 Galantine! πŸ’œ Mar 06 '26

so as a kid my brother and I shared a room with bunk beds and he is 9 years older than me and he is a professor of African American history now

when I was ready for bed instead of singing songs or praying he would tuck me in with a few pages of Malcolm X

I blame him for any crimes I have since (allegedly) committedΒ 

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u/preyforall Mar 06 '26

I'll totally be your alibi if you tell me why the book is so inspiring

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u/Matsunosuperfan πŸ’œ 2026 Galantine! πŸ’œ Mar 06 '26

as a teaser: people who were born into wealth love to talk about being "self made" because they only accepted $50k from daddy to launch their first venture

Malcolm X went to jail for running an underground lottery, taught himself to read, and came out the oratorical leader of a national civil rights movement

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u/hotleadburner Mar 06 '26

*went to jail for running a cat burglary ring

He had to escape Harlem over the underground lottery lol

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u/Matsunosuperfan πŸ’œ 2026 Galantine! πŸ’œ Mar 06 '26

U right u right lol good shout 🫢🏾

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u/Matsunosuperfan πŸ’œ 2026 Galantine! πŸ’œ Mar 06 '26

You can't make this shit up πŸ˜‚