- Taschenbuch: 208 Seiten
- Verlag: Signet; Auflage: Anniversary. (1. November 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0451192036
- ISBN-13: 978-0451192035
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 10,7 x 1,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (43 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 54.730 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Grade 10 Up-John Howard Griffin's groundbreaking and controversial novel about his experiences as a white man who transforms himself with the aid of medication and dye in order to experience firsthand the life of a black man living in the Deep South in the late 1950s is a mesmerizing tale of the ultimate sociological experiment. Ray Childs' narration is both straightforward and deeply satisfying. A skilled reader, he incorporates different dialects to help listeners distinguish among the various characters. His ability to convey a full spectrum of emotions, including exhilaration, bone deep sadness, and gut wrenching fear is riveting. Equally fascinating is Childs' description of how Griffin's unheard of approach to studying racial discrimination changed his personal life and ignited a storm of argument and discussion around the nation. This recording deserves a place in every public library collection.
Cindy Lombardo, Tuscarawas County Public Library, New Philadelphia, OH
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Hörkassette .
Cindy Lombardo, Tuscarawas County Public Library, New Philadelphia, OH
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Hörkassette .
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A white writer recounts his experiences in the American South following treatments that darkened his skin and shares his thoughts on the problems of prejudice and racial injustice.
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As a caucasian American, I don't know what it is like to live as an African American in the United States, day in and day out. I have rarely experienced direct or indirect racism. Perhaps I never will. And for that reason, I can never truly relate to the racism experienced by people who are not caucasian. This book provides a place to start, however. Without it, I think many may be tempted to say, "surely that never happens," or "I'm sure it's not that bad." It is a sad testimony to our country that it took a white person writing a book like this (instead of just listening to those already experiencing racism) to wake us up, but at least it has served its purpose. As I read the book (which is a very quick read) I felt like I was riding along with Griffin in the South and walking the roads with him. I don't know how he maintained his composure during some of the situations he found himself in. I respect what he did, especially considering the hate he experienced both during and after his "experiement."
In conclusion, I wonder what would happen if someone did this again, in the year 2000. Given what I've read by African American authors and heard from black friends, I don't know if it would be all that different. Perhaps the racism wouldn't be as blatant. But all in all, not very different.
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As I write this review I have my old copy of Black Like Me in front of me. It's a Panther paperback, printed in 1964, bought by my parents, and found by my sister and myself on their shelves a few years later. I can still remember the shock when I read this, at the age of perhaps eleven, at realizing just how inhuman people could be because of something as seemingly trivial as skin colour.
Griffin spent a little over a month--parts of November and December, 1959--with his skin artificially darkened by medication. In that time he traveled through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, finding out at first hand what it is like to be treated as a second-class citizen--or, as he says, as a tenth-class citizen. Everyone now know the story of the big injustices, the lynchings, the civil rights cases, and for most people those are now just another page in the history text book. Griffin's experiences take the daily evils of racism and thrust them in your face, just as they were thrust in his--the rudeness of the clerk when he tried to pay for a train ticket with a big bill; the difficulty he had in finding someone who would cash a traveler's check for a Negro; the bus-driver who wouldn't let any blacks off the bus to use the restrooms; the white man who followed him at night and threatened to mug him.
I've heard people worry that this is the white experience of racism: that whites can read this book and feel good because a white person felt the pain too. I'm white, so I don't know that I can judge that argument completely impartially, but I can tell you that this book profoundly shaped my views on racism, and that any book that can do what this book did for me is a book that is good to have around.
One more thing. I've said a lot about how powerful, and how influential the book is. I should add that it is also a gripping story. Though Griffin only spends a month with dark skin, by the time you finish the book it feels like an eternity.
A wonderful read, and a truly amazing story.
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We simply cannot experience everything. There are too many options to choose between. Our only hope to understand all that is out there is through books. Vicariously we can at least partial understand the suffering in our world. Black Like Me is one of the better inside looks at a particular reality. Griffin sunned and dyed himself black and went into the deep south to experience life as a black man. The book is a revelation of human nature. Written as a diary it is hard not to symphathize with the situation described. Everything should read.
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Griffin öffnet Augen
In den USA wird dieses Buch in den Schulen gelesen, nicht zu Unrecht, denn es öffnet dem Leser die Augen.
Von Griffin selbst bin ich mehr als beeindruckt. Lesen Sie weiter...
Von Griffin selbst bin ich mehr als beeindruckt. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. April 2008 von LaFlamande
About the color line
I got to read 'Black like me', when I was an exchange student in Michigan in 1968. For me, the question of color had been very distant before - I dindn't know any 'Negroes'. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Juli 2000 von Heiko Ahlers
The Story of Our Lives
BLACK LIKE ME is a classic in every form and needs to be a mandatory read in today's high schools. It totally mirrors the struggles we, as african-americans, face even today. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Juni 2000 von Blackworm
Excellent!
This book was assigned to me for an English essay, and I did not expect it to be so fabulous. John Griffin walked the streets as a completely different pigment, yet he was always... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
Black Like Me
After I read Black Like Me, I was touched. This book makes you think about how people of different nationalities have to live their lives. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. März 2000 von Joyce Nambela
WOW!
I read this book for Black Histroy Month, and a lot of times I resort to Cliffs Notes, but this book was too good to pass up! I simplly could not put it down! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Februar 2000 von Miss
realization
this book made me realize that there was more to the civil rights movement than what was taught to me in my years of history class in elementary, middle and high school. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
My insight for the first 60 pages of the book
The intro of this book was quite slow, but the pace started getting faster as it got into the experiment and the problems got harder for this author. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Astonishing!
A first-hand story which embraces all poverness through the eyes of John H. Griffin in the ghetto. Determined to darken the pigment of his skin, Griffin impacted the world and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Januar 2000 von Javy M. Perez
Obviously an important book
I'm still pretty young but I loved this book. It's so utterly obvious how important and true this is it's almost frightening. It's truely (I'm not kidding) a page-turner. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Dezember 1999 von T.
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