Reddit reviews Black Like Me

Who's read Black Like Me
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Of course, Ben Barres isn't a tourist. But John Griffin died for his interest.

P.S. Did you have to hear this from a man before you would believe it?

Black Like Me

Isn't Black Like Me required reading in high school?

It was in mine

Try reading a book about being Black.

Black like me - John Griffin, review by Washington Post

Read around the same time as:

Johnny got his Gun - Dalton Trombo.

both books had significant impact on my formative years, and at one point i had chapter 5 of Daltons book memorized for its impact alone. here is a link if you'd like to read more of johnny got his gun.

years later i watched in fascination when Metallica used clips from a movie they found for their One video that was made from the book.

i recognized the patterns of speech but had no idea it had been made into a movie. the movie is really hard to watch. but i did... it reminds me of 'Life is Beautiful', but without the humour.