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... The bus
driver attempts to not only humiliate them by forcing them to defecate
and urinate in public on the bus, but the bus driver is also attempting
to show all of the white customers what savages that the blacks are. ... It is in Mississippi that he begins to identify with the
blacks and begins to fully see himself as a black. ... Griffin begins to understand that part of the reason for
the hatred of blacks by many whites is because of the stereotypical
image of the Negro in the 50s. ...
The blacks realize that the key to surviving is unity and finding
something positive in their situation. ... The blacks try to counter the hate and hostility that they
encounter with warmth and kindness toward one another. ... Until the novel
Black Like Me, the state of Mississippi adamantly denied that
it had any racial problems, after the novel was released
Mississippi and the world had to come to the realization that
their were serious problems in the way that blacks were being
treated.
Approximate Word count = 1373
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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