Talk:Emory Conrad Malick

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I remember the Smithsonian article when it came out and was intrigued. Historian Carroll Gray had written into a subsequent Smithsonian Air & Space issue comments section verifying Wesley Peters as the earliest known Black American pilot. It's dangerous to say what was actually first since learning to fly in Europe was seemingly a more liberating experience for Black people yearning to fly. I can respect other researchers, such as Guy Franklin(I haven't read his book) but just based on the photos of Malick, if that is him in the various aviation pictures, then he certainly has what they used to call 'negro' in him. His features are negro IMHO, withstanding whatever skin shade. Its not the first time people of negro or Black or African American descent or heritage identify with being white and it won't be the last. I was surprised to find a wiki article on him and ended up on his article because I planned to write or at least begin an article on him [I wanted to four years ago at the time of Smithsonian Air & Space article]. Perhaps there is something deeper not being interpreted about his color. That is he was adopted from somewhere or that one of his parents had an affair with a person of color which seems likely. People can call themselves what they want but I'm not blind. Just my thoughts.Koplimek (talk) 00:23, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why on earth would Emory have a draft card for WWII? He would have been 60 years old. Heck even his WW1 draft would have him at 36 years old in 1917 which even then the military would have probably rejected him for age. Koplimek (talk) 00:40, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]