The Traits of John Griffin You can never know grasp what a person had gone through unless you walk in their shoes. The book Black like Me is a journal enters that was written by a man named John Howard Griffin. Griffin was a white journalist who dealt with how blacks were treated. He did not fully grasp how life was for the blacks. He decided to become a black man and go in to the Deep South, so he could understand what black life is really like. Throughout the journal he was curious, hopeless, and hopeful man; who wanted blacks and whites to dwell with each other in peace.
John was curious about how blacks were actually treated. He had a thought about becoming black and going into the south; however, he kept putting that thought aside. The thought kept coming back again and again. He then made the decision to become a black man as he states. “How else except by becoming a negro could a white man hope to learn the truth” (7). Most white people just read the newspaper and believe it, but griffin was not like the other whites. He wanted to unearth the truth that he did not know about. …show more content…
Griffin meet a lot of people in the south who hated black enough that they would do anything to get rid of them. On his way to Montgomery, Alabama a white man offered to give him a ride, and had a shotgun in the back of his car. The talked about how they have gotten rid of the blacks that they don’t want. The driver disapproves of the black, so he tells Griffin how they how handle them. He declares, “We either ship them off to the pen or kill them” (104). Because of what the man claimed, it made griffin loss hope that the south would fix the
John was curious about how blacks were actually treated. He had a thought about becoming black and going into the south; however, he kept putting that thought aside. The thought kept coming back again and again. He then made the decision to become a black man as he states. “How else except by becoming a negro could a white man hope to learn the truth” (7). Most white people just read the newspaper and believe it, but griffin was not like the other whites. He wanted to unearth the truth that he did not know about. …show more content…
Griffin meet a lot of people in the south who hated black enough that they would do anything to get rid of them. On his way to Montgomery, Alabama a white man offered to give him a ride, and had a shotgun in the back of his car. The talked about how they have gotten rid of the blacks that they don’t want. The driver disapproves of the black, so he tells Griffin how they how handle them. He declares, “We either ship them off to the pen or kill them” (104). Because of what the man claimed, it made griffin loss hope that the south would fix the