Black Like Me (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Black Like Me Wednesday, December 9 2009.

• 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.

Anthony H edited the summary of Black Like Me Sunday, October 4 2009.

• I have always wondered if people would treat me differently if I were white a person. So when I heard about this book I had to read it and see if it was true. John Howard Griffin a journalist, who conducted this social experiment back in 1959, used a various amount of medication and dyes to change the color of his skin. Mr. Griffin who was a very well off man found himself sleeping and hitching rides with complete strangers he met. His experiment concluded that people did treat him differently because of the color of is skin but he also saw that all white people were not racist as society makes them out to be. They did it because "everyone" else was discriminating against the blacks. Even though you don't see it, racism still exist today... in 2009 and it begs the question that has been asked for 100 plus years, why must we treat people differently just by the color their skin?

Anthony H edited the summary of Black Like Me Sunday, October 4 2009.

• I have always wondered if people would treat me differently if I were white a person. So when I heard about this book I had to read it and see if it was true. John Howard Griffin a journalist, who conducted this social experiment back in 1959, used a various amount of medication and dyes to change the color of his skin. Mr. Griffin who was a very well off man found himself sleeping and hitching rides with complete strangers he met. His experiment concluded that people did treat him differently because of the color of is skin but he also saw that all white people were not racist as society makes them out to be. They did it because "everyone" else was discriminating against the blacks. Even though you don't see it, racism still exist today... in 2009 and it begs the question that has been asked for 100 plus years, why must we treat people differently just by the color their skin?

Timothy Gray approved Pescado’s request to combine 2 books, including Black Like Me, Friday, August 28 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Black Like Me Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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.

Pescado submitted a request to combine 2 books, including Black Like Me, Saturday, July 25 2009.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Black Like Me Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: John Howard Griffin: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Black Like Me Thursday, July 16 2009.

• For years the idea had haunted me, and that night it returned more insistently than ever.