In the excerpt “Learning to Read” from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, both inclusion and exclusion within discourse communities are depicted. It can be seen within the writing itself that as a uneducated youth Malcolm was embraced within the young African American community through the use of slang and ebonics. Despite being embraced within the African community, Malcolm craved the inclusion into the educated world, however, was ostracized not only due to a different ethnic background but also the lack of secondary education. Once entering prison, Malcolm's perception on education changed due to the barrier between expressing opinion to the public and not being able to write. The bridge that needed to be built to close the gap within the
