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Loading... Black Like Me (1960)by John Howard Griffin
I read this book in grade 10 and even almost 30 years later it has still stuck with me. At the time I thought the racism in the south of America was totally appalling only years later did I realise it wasn't much better in Australia. ( )Fantastic story of the white writer John Griffin who in 1959 medicated himself to get black skin and went into the US South to see the different treamtent of blacks and white. What he saw astonished him. I am a white man from England and reading this book filled me with rage. I can't believe that this book was written in 1959. Just over fifty years ago black people could not go onto the beach in certain areas. They could not go into certain restaurants and not even use the same toilets as the white man. Despicable. The book is a must read for everyone to get a true feel of what went on and what must never be forgotten. Excellent book, a profound look at racial issues Griffin experienced while assimilating himself as a black man in the South, 1952. no reviews | add a review Has as a student's study guide
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