Griffin even reflects in the beginning of Black Like Me, “For years the idea had haunted me, and that night it returned more insistently than ever” (3). The state of racism that ruled in the 1950’s south was extremely oppressive to the black community. Lynchings, KKK violence, segregation, and general disrespect was something that had become an unfortunate normality at this time in U.S. history. Luckily for African American citizens in the south, not all whites shared this hatred for races different themselves, and John Griffin was one of them. Griffin was so passionate about the matter that he was willing to put himself and his family in danger. Griffin undoubtedly recorded his experiences in the form of Black Like Me to prove just how brutal and unjustified racism was at that
Griffin even reflects in the beginning of Black Like Me, “For years the idea had haunted me, and that night it returned more insistently than ever” (3). The state of racism that ruled in the 1950’s south was extremely oppressive to the black community. Lynchings, KKK violence, segregation, and general disrespect was something that had become an unfortunate normality at this time in U.S. history. Luckily for African American citizens in the south, not all whites shared this hatred for races different themselves, and John Griffin was one of them. Griffin was so passionate about the matter that he was willing to put himself and his family in danger. Griffin undoubtedly recorded his experiences in the form of Black Like Me to prove just how brutal and unjustified racism was at that