Black+Like+Me

Question #1- Where does the main character of __Black Like Me__ live?

Answer He lives in Mnsfield, Texas.

Question #2- What is the major step that Griffin takes to understand the black experience?

Answer Griffin decides to undergo medical treatment to change the color of his skin and temporarily become a black man.

Question #3- What magazine agrees to fund Griffin's experience in return for an article about it?

Answer //Sepia//

Question #4- Where was Griffin's first destination to begin his life as a black man and what is done there?

Answer New Orleans where he begins a deratological reimen of exposure to ultraviolet light, oral medication, and skin dyes.

Question #5- Where was Griffin's next destination after New Orleans?

Answer Griffin decided to travel into the Deep South of Mississippi and Alabama.

Question #6- What was one of the conclusions that Griffin came to after spending some time switching from white to black going to the same places?

Answer Griffin concludes that the races do not understand one another at all, and that tolerant dialogue is needed to bridge the terrible gap separating them.

Question #7- When was Griffin's article published?

Answer March 1960.

Question #8- What street was the effigy of Griffin, painted half white and half black, burned on?

Answer Main Street.

Question #9- Where did Griffin decide to move his family to after things worsen in the community?

Answer Griffin decides to move his family to Mexico.

Question #10- What does Griffin explain to a little black boy before he moves to Mexico about what racism is a result from?

Answer Griffin explains that racism is a result of social conditioning.

Question #11- What is the fundamental theme of __Black Like Me__?

Answer The fundamental theme is is the question of identity.