John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me
Theme of Black Like Me: Unity
Throughout the story, Black Like Me, the theme unity is repeated many times. It can be seen when John Howard Griffin is talking to the African Americans on why they can not get the message through to the white race that racism is wrong. When people ask John what the problem is, he states, “Lack of unity.” (Griffin 32). This statement allows others to agree with what he was saying. One woman, who was responding to his statement, stated, “ Until we as a race can learn to rise together, we’ll never get anywhere.” (Griffin 32) We also see unity take place in the story when John Howard Griffin is riding the bus with other African Americans. When the bus driver did not allow the African Americans to use the
Throughout the story, Black Like Me, the theme unity is repeated many times. It can be seen when John Howard Griffin is talking to the African Americans on why they can not get the message through to the white race that racism is wrong. When people ask John what the problem is, he states, “Lack of unity.” (Griffin 32). This statement allows others to agree with what he was saying. One woman, who was responding to his statement, stated, “ Until we as a race can learn to rise together, we’ll never get anywhere.” (Griffin 32) We also see unity take place in the story when John Howard Griffin is riding the bus with other African Americans. When the bus driver did not allow the African Americans to use the