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sianicole 's review for:
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
DID NOT FINISH: 20%
Not sure how to explain it other than it just felt gross.
It feels like a book that white folks read and suddenly have the pearl-clutching "Oh my! I had no idea!" moment of awakening because another white person told them how bad it was to be a white person dressed up in dark skin for a minute ... even though black authors had been telling them FOR YEARS what it was like to be black in America.
Ick.
I would recommend skipping this book and heading over to black authors who tell stories of their humanity and their experience.
It feels like a book that white folks read and suddenly have the pearl-clutching "Oh my! I had no idea!" moment of awakening because another white person told them how bad it was to be a white person dressed up in dark skin for a minute ... even though black authors had been telling them FOR YEARS what it was like to be black in America.
Ick.
I would recommend skipping this book and heading over to black authors who tell stories of their humanity and their experience.