Black Like Me
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.61 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451234219 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity-that in this new millennium still has something important to say to every American.
Excellent I picked this up completely on a whim after hearing someone mention it online. It is absolutely an amazing work. To really get a feel for how far this country has come in 50 short years, and to really understand how far we have left to go, you need to read this.As a white male, I've always been offended by the term 'white privilege', because it implies that I somehow didn't work for what I have. But having read this, I can finally appreciate it. My 'white privilege' has nothing to do with me not working hard and not deserving the things that I have accomplished. I have worked hard, and I do deserve those things.But these are things that blac. I highly recommend this book Bwhami The book was written in 1960 and is still relevant today. John Howard Griffin turned himself into a Black man using medications and sunlamp treatments. He then proceeded to visit several southern cities. He describes his treatment by white people, who weeks before had greeted him in a friendly manner when he was white, with hatred an ignorance. He talks about walking several miles to find a bathroom or a place to get a drink of water. He also tells how black people would go out of their way to help a fellow black man. The book is well written and makes you think seriously about the present state of race relations in the light of all the curr. Diana Anderson said Reading again. I first read this book when I was a teenager in a small town in Oklahoma at the urging of my mother. It was eye-opening and I was appalled by the truth within its covers. It influenced me more than any other book. I read it again at this juncture after more than fifty years to observe the changes in our shared lives. There are many. Those changes seem to exclude certain hearts that cling doggedly to their own unacknowledged fear of anyone who is not the same as they.We are not seems anything new when we see today's headlines; we are just seeing the ugly reality of a nation that has not progressed.
All rights reserved. Griffin imparts the hopelessness and despair he felt while executing his social experiment, and professional narrator Childs renders this recounting even more immediate and emotional with his heartfelt delivery and skillful use of accents. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Griffin's (The Devil Rides Outside) mid-century classic on race brilliantly withstands both the test of time and translation to audio format. Concerned by the lack of communication between the races and wondering what "adjustments and discriminations" he would face as a Negro in the Deep South, the late author, a journalist and self-described "specialist in race issues," left behind his pri