Black Like Me: 50th Anniversary Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0916727688 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Some actions are so absolutely simple and right that they amount to genius. Black Like Me was an act of genius.” Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times of London
Excellent Alex Malinovich 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', beca. 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 igno. "Reading again" according to Diana Anderson. 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
On October 28, 1959, John Howard Griffin underwent a transformation that changed many lives beyond his ownhe made his skin black and traveled through the segregated Deep South. His odyssey of discovery was captured in journal entries, arguably the single most important documentation of 20th-century American racism ever written. More than 50 years later, this newly edited editionwhich is based on the original manuscript and includes a new design and added afterwordgives fresh life to what is still considered a contemporary book.” The story that earned respect from civil rights leaders and death threats