simply on his skin color. Though these all occurred to Griffin, he took it completely in stride.The point that Griffin is trying to make does not need to be argued. The evidence is their, plain as day. No one could read the book and not be affected somehow. There are no questions that you could ask to get around the truth of the matter. All of the proof of prejudice is based on real life occurrences. Ok now I am to tell you what I think of this book, Black Like Me. The main reason I chose the subject of racism is mainly because my roommate had suggested the topic when I asked what I should read. He is taking an African Culture Class and mentioned to me how easy it would be to relate racism to American History because of the obstacles and struggles the African Americans endured. So I went to Barnes and Nobles and Black Like Me was suggested from one of the intellectual bookworms. I enjoyed this book a lot and thought that Griffins strategy to discovering the truth was very creative and intelligent. I can just imagine what it would be like to be degraded because of your skin color. Although I am Chinese, I still face racism daily and could never truly understand the difference that blacks go through compared to whites, unless I went to the extreme like Griffin did. He could really understand every aspect of what it is like to be of color during the 1950s. Griffin now understands how differently he was treated since he was black. His constitutional rights were stripped from him the minute he put the black paint on. I mean John Griffin was the same man black as he was white, yet he was not liked and was treated like dirt. It really amazes me how people let the color of someones skin change their feelings toward an individual....
