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belwood303 's review for:
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
I have so many mixed emotions about this book.
I do feel that it is something we should be reading because we need to address what hasn't changed since 1959 when he did his social experiment. However, we also need to be careful not to take his six-week experience as gospel. Many times I struggled with the white-savior complex that came up in this writing and the truth is he had no better understanding of racism when he finished then when he started, he just confirmed what he already knew.
We can not generalize the lives of millions into anything. We need to look at regional, grassroots solutions to these important issues. And we need to start doing something about inequality.
I do feel that it is something we should be reading because we need to address what hasn't changed since 1959 when he did his social experiment. However, we also need to be careful not to take his six-week experience as gospel. Many times I struggled with the white-savior complex that came up in this writing and the truth is he had no better understanding of racism when he finished then when he started, he just confirmed what he already knew.
We can not generalize the lives of millions into anything. We need to look at regional, grassroots solutions to these important issues. And we need to start doing something about inequality.