In this nation's history, society has alienated many groups based on race or color. The most widely known of these such prejudices has been those committed against blacks. Ever since the beginning of this nation, before 1776, blacks have been regarded as inferior, bs, and somewhat of a nuisance. John Howard Griffin, in his book Black Like Me, explores this thought as a white man and a black man, after he changes the color of his …showed first 75 words of 739 total…

…showed last 75 words of 739 total…of a person or a people because of their gender, race, class, or creed. In the United States, until the passage of the Civil Rights Act, were the people most alienated throughout the nation. Their color, not their individuality, was the apple of discord that did not allow prosperity to flourish. John Howard Griffin, in his book Black Like Me, experiences the injustices first hand, proving how unequal the "separate but equal" institutions really were.