Monster Essays - Breaking Down Racial Barriers
Breaking Down Racial Barriers
Barriers between races exist everywhere in our daily lives. They are shown in stereotypes, how we live, and how people are treated. For a society that seems to think of itself as so far advance we definitely are not doing a very good job of working out its’ racial issues. One man took this issue into his own hands. He developed a project to show all of us just how stupid we act.
John Howard Griffin colored his skin black, using a mixture of chemicals and drugs, to explore the life of a black man. He wanted to experience first hand the racism and injustice. He kept a journal of his experiences, and later published t....
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