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Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin
LYCrazy8
Nov 08, 2011LYCrazy8 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
this is an incredibly important book to portray just how intolerant our society was a mere 50 years ago. my only issue with the book is that i don't think the author is in any position to write from the perspective of a "black man." his transformation took place over a relatively brief 6-week period, and he constantly shifted between his "black" and "white" selves. it's a shame that a similarly-themed book written by a black man never captured the public's attention as strongly as "black like me."