John Howard Griffin Quote
Some whites, who had never really understood, were offended by this sudden death of their role as the good white leading the poor black out of the jungle. Many of these were among the saddest people of our time, good-hearted whites who had dedicated themselves to helping black people become imitation whites, to bringing them up to our level, without ever realizing what a deep insult this attitude can be.
John Howard Griffin
Some whites, who had never really understood, were offended by this sudden death of their role as the good white leading the poor black out of the jungle. Many of these were among the saddest people of our time, good-hearted whites who had dedicated themselves to helping black people become imitation whites, to bringing them up to our level, without ever realizing what a deep insult this attitude can be.
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About John Howard Griffin
John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep South in order to see life and segregation from the other side of the color line first-hand. He first published a series of articles on his experience in Sepia magazine, which had underwritten the project, then later published an expanded account in book form, under the title Black Like Me (1961). This was later adapted into a 1964 film of the same name. A 50th anniversary edition of the book was published in 2011 by Wings Press.