[chajin]

Those moments included his mother thinking he looked “not professional” and “like a little thug” when he had cornrows as a child.

And?

How you dress and how you comb your hair and how you walk and what slang you use, all of these are messages to the society around you.

AI: "Booker T. Washington advocated for modesty, cleanliness, and assimilation into mainstream American clothing standards. He believed that dressing in neat, conventional attire was essential for African Americans to gain respect, demonstrate "civilized" habits, and dismantle racial prejudice in the post-Civil War era."

[Scrambler Bob]

Where did he get his cornrows?

I don’t think he did them.

I don’t think his adoptive mom did them.

Who is left?