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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Here is my take on the centenary of John Howard Griffin: Remembering John Howard Griffin at 100: Catholic Convert who wrote ‘Black Like Me’

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Remembering John Howard Griffin at 100: Catholic Convert who wrote ‘Black Like Me’

‘Black Like Me’ went beyond social observation to examine an underlying disease of the soul.

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Interesting question—too deep for a tweet. But I think context matters; wasn’t undertaken as performance for the entertainment or amusement of white people but in order to expose racism. That said, it was an “experiment” of its time (1959)— not something that would work today.

10:09 PM · Jun 25, 2020