Analysis Of Black Like Me By John Howard Griffin

I bet you have never walked in someone’s shows as much as John Howard Griffin did. In the book Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin writes his story day by day on how he stepped in the African Americans skin. In my opinion, I agree with what Griffin did because it showed a sense of true feelings. To emphasize why I agree you have to try and put yourself in Griffins shoes. John Howard Griffin didn’t just want to observe racism to make people mad, but to make a statement, so therefore he got really into it. He thought there was a lot of misunderstanding to be done and he wanted to make that clear. By agreeing that John truly developed feelings throughout this process I can exhibit proof. For example, this is what happened, “I was ready to step off when the door banged shut in my face” (Griffin 44). This exact example shows that experiencing this makes you change and realize real life.

He was trying to explain how African Americans were being treated and how it is not right. Here is a firsthand example of whites being mean to African Americans. “They don’t want to sit with you people, don’t you know that? They don’t want to—is that plain enough” (Griffin 131)? This hands-on example shows how bad the African Americans were treated and it doesn’t get any simpler than that. Not only did John want to show the whites what was so wrong about what they were doing, but he wanted to reveal to the whole world what it was doing to man-kind, and so I believe it changed him dramatically. Something he experienced to put forth is the way the whites talked to the African Americans. One women said, “What’re you looking at me like that for” (Griffin 20)? If people in general think saying that to someone is right your wrong. Another rude comment the same lady made was, “They’re getting sassier every day” (Griffin 21). These rude comments after a while would take a toll on