Black Like Me
“If a white man became a Negro in the Deep South, what adjustment would he have to make?” (Griffin,1). The Anisfield-Wolf award winning book “Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin. John Howard Griffin was a journalist in the 1950s and who was mostly known for his stories to be about racial equality. Griffin was the narrator and main character in this book. The book is an autobiography about Griffin investigating to see how the black community was treated in the south in the 1950s. “Black Like Me” is where John Howard Griffin did a social experiment in whitc he decided to investigate life of being an African American in the south in the 1950s. Once Griffin decided to do this experiment, he went to a dermatologist to receive …show more content…
It was interesting to me because Griffin went the extra mile, by transforming his physical appearance, to live the life of a black man and to tell the story of how the black and white communities act towards each other based on the color of their skin. "Polarization. Separation. No one has wanted this, white or black. It has come because the things we dreamed did not materialize.” (Griffin,194). Then after his experiment he shared his results and story to the whole world, which resulted in an amazing award winning book. The only negative thing was how badly the black community was treated throughout the 1950s-time period. Griffin had no control over what happened or what was said to him during his experience as an African-American. Other than what happened to him and the black community, I saw nothing negative wrong. The book is very clear from beginning to end the book was cohesive. The book is very significant in drawing attention to the treatment and the lives of African Americans during this time. Overall “Black Like Me” was an awesome book. John Howard Griffin did a great job with the book. It was an absolute joy to read it really sparked my interest. I recommend anyone read this book, especially if you are interested history and civil rights. It is interesting to see how relations between whites and African Americans have progressed over the last 60
“If a white man became a Negro in the Deep South, what adjustment would he have to make?” (Griffin,1). The Anisfield-Wolf award winning book “Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin. John Howard Griffin was a journalist in the 1950s and who was mostly known for his stories to be about racial equality. Griffin was the narrator and main character in this book. The book is an autobiography about Griffin investigating to see how the black community was treated in the south in the 1950s. “Black Like Me” is where John Howard Griffin did a social experiment in whitc he decided to investigate life of being an African American in the south in the 1950s. Once Griffin decided to do this experiment, he went to a dermatologist to receive …show more content…
It was interesting to me because Griffin went the extra mile, by transforming his physical appearance, to live the life of a black man and to tell the story of how the black and white communities act towards each other based on the color of their skin. "Polarization. Separation. No one has wanted this, white or black. It has come because the things we dreamed did not materialize.” (Griffin,194). Then after his experiment he shared his results and story to the whole world, which resulted in an amazing award winning book. The only negative thing was how badly the black community was treated throughout the 1950s-time period. Griffin had no control over what happened or what was said to him during his experience as an African-American. Other than what happened to him and the black community, I saw nothing negative wrong. The book is very clear from beginning to end the book was cohesive. The book is very significant in drawing attention to the treatment and the lives of African Americans during this time. Overall “Black Like Me” was an awesome book. John Howard Griffin did a great job with the book. It was an absolute joy to read it really sparked my interest. I recommend anyone read this book, especially if you are interested history and civil rights. It is interesting to see how relations between whites and African Americans have progressed over the last 60