Black Like Me gives us as readers a great and purposeful look into John Howard Griffin’s experiment showing us the true struggles of a black American. Griffin speaks about the double binds that all black Americans face. For example, you can’t speak to or look at a white woman, but if you don’t show her any respect you may considered dangerous and some white man might have to come set you straight. At that time in many white American’s eyes nothing a black man could ever do would be
Black Like Me gives us as readers a great and purposeful look into John Howard Griffin’s experiment showing us the true struggles of a black American. Griffin speaks about the double binds that all black Americans face. For example, you can’t speak to or look at a white woman, but if you don’t show her any respect you may considered dangerous and some white man might have to come set you straight. At that time in many white American’s eyes nothing a black man could ever do would be