This week’s book list: ‘Black Like Me,’ ‘White Like Me,’ and more
POSTSCRIPT'D - In 'Black Like Me' John Howard Griffin describes how he stepped out of the comforts of his white life into the belly of the beast of racism during the 1950s in the deep South...
In the 1950s, during the early stages of the Civil Rights Movement, a white man decided to do something bold: live in the deep South as a black man.
Through injections, tanning, wigs and other feature-altering moves, John Howard Griffin stepped out of the comforts of his white life into the belly of the beast of racism. His discoveries are chilling and very educational — even in 2013. Thus, Black Like Me leads the Hit List this week.
Also on the list is a book by Tim Wise, a historian and social activist whose specialty is white people and racism. In White Like Me, Wise discusses the privilege of white skin and its impact on society.
We also have a memoir by The Roots drummer Questlove, and we’ve thrown in a couple of novels including Curtis Sittenfeld’s Sisterland, the story of twin sisters who go their separate ways after they discover they have supernatural psychic abilities.
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