Black Like Me: Book summary (1)

⚠️ Contains historical language of racism used for educational and documentary purposes.

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.", Martin Niemöller

Whether you are a poor man striving to salvage recognition based on your sole efforts in a world dominated mainly by wealth and power, an African American enduring the prejudices in a way or another, or a Middle Eastern being stereotyped and feared for no reason. Imagine you were a Jew persecuted in Nazi Germany, or perhaps you are a native Arab, dwelling in the lands under occupation , striving with every ounce of your being to exist—if not to live, then to perish—upon the soil that is rightfully yours, resisting its theft with unwavering resolve.—all carry a shared burden. All are marked by the struggle, the exclusion, and the resilience. In that shared experience; all are black, ... "Black Like Me".



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