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Prison of culture : beyond Black like me / John Howard Griffin ; edited by Robert Bonazzi ; with a remembrance by Studs Terkel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination--United States.
- Discrimination.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- Prejudices--United States.
- Prejudices.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Spirituality.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Antonio, Texas : Wings Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The companion volume to the 50th-anniversary edition of Black Like Me, this book features John Howard Griffin's later writings on racism and spirituality. Conveying a progressive evolution in thinking, it further explores Griffin's ethical stand in the human rights struggle and nonviolent pursuit of equality?a view he shared with greats such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Thomas Merton. Enlightening and forthright, this record also focuses on Griffin's spiritual grounding in the Catholic monastic tradition, discussing the illuminating meditations on suffering and the author's own refle
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; A Remembrance by Studs Terkel; Introduction: Beyond Black Like Me by Robert Bonazzi; I. Essays on Racism; Privacy of Conscience; The Intrinsic Other; Profile of a Racist; On Killers of the Dream; Requiem for A Martyr; Racist Sins of Christians; Malcolm X; American Racism in the Sixties; From A Time To Be Human; II. Essays on Spirituality; Poulenc Behind the Mask; Fraternal Dialogue; The Little Brothers; The Terrain of Physical Pain; Final Reflections; Acknowledgments; About the Editor; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-60940-149-2
- OCLC:
- 886112165
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