Black Like Me 2
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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
In the book Black like me John Howard Griffin points out that the Negro doesn't understand the white any more than the white understands the Negro. Specific examples of the book show that both colors were racist to each other.
The whites are especially racist ....
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.... Of course, nearly any white man would fail to understand this. The white community wanted none of the blacks about in their town.
The ignorance of whites or their "misunderstanding" is clear when Griffin is on the bus and requests to get off at his stop. The bus driver refuses;"I can't leave the door open all night". This was just pure disrespect from the driver for he had nothing better to do than wait for traffic. Griffin at the time was exhausted and he was trying hard not to re ....
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