Black Like Me
Preface October 28, 1959 October 29, 1959 October 30, 1959 November 1, 1959 November 2, 1959 November 6, 1959 November 7, 1959 November 8, 1959 November 10-12, 1959 November 14-15, 1959 November 16, 1959 November 19, 1959 November 21, 1959 November 24, 1959 November 25, 1959 November 27, 1959 November 28, 1959 November 29, 1959 December 1, 1959 December 2, 1959 December 4-7, 1959 December 9-14, 1959 December 15, 1959 January 2, 1960 February 26 – March 14, 1960 March 17 – 23, 1960 April 1, 1960 April 2, 1960 April 7 – 11, 1960 June 19 – August 14, 1960 August 17, 1960
All Themes Appearance, Identity, and Bigotry Unity, Division, and Communication Implicit Bias and Systemic Racism Fear and Violence
All Characters John Howard Griffin George Levitan Adelle Jackson P.D. East Cristophe Bill Williams Sterling Williams The Dermatologist Mack Parker Griffin's Host The Café Owner Billie East The Boy Who Helps Griffin Clean
All Symbols The Mirror
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Appearance, Identity, and Bigotry
Unity, Division, and Communication
Implicit Bias and Systemic Racism
Fear and Violence
George Levitan
Adelle Jackson
P.D. East
Cristophe
Sterling Williams
The Dermatologist
Mack Parker
Griffin's Host
The Café Owner
Billie East
The Boy Who Helps Griffin Clean
Griffin's Host Character Analysis
A friend with whom Griffin stays when he first arrives in New Orleans. Because he doesn't want his friend—who is white—to suffer the possible negative consequences of hosting him, Griffin decides that he won't tell him what he's doing. This way, nobody will be able to accuse his friend of anything controversial when news of the project reaches the public. Once Griffin darkens his skin, he leaves his friend's house to live in local hotels.
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Griffin's Host Character Timeline in Black Like Me
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That afternoon, Griffin's host looks up at him and says, "I don't know what you're up to, but I'm... (full context)