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Black Like Me by, john howard GriffinThis paper is a review of the book Black like Me by John Howard Griffin. The book tells the story of a white boy (John Howard Griffin) and his journey through the Deep South as a Black man. He journeys from New Orleans to Alabama in search of a true understanding of the problem propaganda and realities of being Black in the Deep South. Through medications, flash photo abilities to adapt to environmental changes, and funds through friends, he manages (in the mind) to become truly a Black man. Griffin becomes moved by the experience and is amazed about which beliefs turned true and which proved false. He encounters problems within his own race during the aftermath of his experiment. John Griffin finds within certain people their true color.Griffin's so-called racial experiment takes place in the Deep South. Though he is from Texas, Griffin journeys through the south in search of an understanding of the racial injustice and the effects it imposes on Blacks and whites.Griffin finds that in the more rural areas that the racism to some degree is worse than in the urban areas. Though he still had encountered harsh racism in New Orleans, it still was not as negative as the other area G
For Griffin, the transformation was total and shocking. Griffin walked miles trying to locate everything by sight that he once knew only by smell and sound. Most of the Black man's time was spent trying to survive. He did not have time to go see a good movie, enjoy a good book or tour a museum. As the project progressed an odd thing happened to Griffin. The Black man then indulges in vices, which are now the only sources of enjoyment. As he listened to the frogs and crickets, watched the tall tractors which only a few hours earlier stopped plowing the earth, and smelled the cold chilled night, he began to feel the beginning loneliness and the terrible dread of what he had decided to do. All of the white man's stereotypes proved untrue. Somehow, this dark skin allowed the white man to deny basic freedoms and rights to the Black man. Rather, any group of people put in the same situations could be forced into this or a similar lifestyle. When Griffin departed, Levitan offered some warnings and insisted Griffin keep things peaceful. The doctor had no experience with such a request, but was willing enough to aid Griffin in his project. He began to feel homesick and started thinking about the whiteness of his wife and children. The Black girl gets pregnant and the cycle starts all over again.
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