I need 3 reasons why my teacher should read the book Black Like Me?

Answer 1

I know I read this book in the 1960's soon after it was written.
About a white guy that dyed his skin (that showed), shaved his hair on head and knuckles, and rode buses and ate in restaurants in the southern US... just to experience what it was like to be black... and write about it.
THREE REASONS for your teacher.
1. the teacher is probably younger than I am (55) and doesn't remember the extreme segregation between whites and blacks of the 1950's and early 60's. A good history lesson.
2. Nowadays everybody is talking about respect for other cultures and religions. This period of US history was a time when VERY few wanted to go "on record" for change and tolerance.
3. Winston Churchill said, 'those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it'. YOU my young student, and your 25-30 yr old teacher should really appreciate how far the civil rights movement has come in 40 yrs. Things can still improve within your generation.

JOHN: excuse me, I only know Carlos Santayana, ha ha.

Answer 2

We simply cannot experience everything. There are too many options to choose between. Our only hope to understand all that is out there is through books. Vicariously we can at least partial understand the suffering in our world. Black Like Me is one of the better inside looks at a particular reality.

The book is a revelation of human nature.

It can teach you a whole lot about the question of race in the US.

It can profoundly shape your views on racism

It is also a gripping story.

P.S.

Dear Trevor,
It was George Santayana who said:

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

not Winston Churchill
"Boston: Houghton Mifflin - Sentry Edition, 1971. 694 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. The American philosopher George Santayana once wrote: "A country without a memory is a country of madmen." He also said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." And the German philosopher Georg Hegel said, "We learn from history that we never learn anything from history."

Dear Trevor,
Ah yes, Carlos - George's younger brother, the black sheep of the family. But now, at least, you can remember who said it in the past and not be condemned to repeat the incorrect attribution.

Answer 3

1. It underlines one man experiencing the difference between being black and white in a segregated America.

Okay, so I only have one reason, but alogn wiht other people's, you should have at least three.

Answer 4

il give you one good reason. he has better things to do