Skepticism about John Griffin

After reading “Black Like Me”, I have lots of thoughts pinging around my brain. They are somewhat chaotic and scattered, but I have tried to sort out some ideas below.

I have some general skepticism in regards to the trustworthiness of the narrative voice of John Griffin. For starters, throughout the book, I found many moments when I questioned how much a white man disguised as a black man could give an honest perspective of the black experience; how is Griffin’s experience affected, knowing that at any moment, if the situation became bad enough,