A review by jazidukes
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson, Arna Bontemps

4.0

Another book about passing. This was interesting, to think about the grey area of people who look one way, but have the consciousness of another way. Is it right or wrong? The protagonist although he could easily pass for white was almost ready to hunker down for a life as a Colored fellow until he unfortunately witnessed the brutality visited upon people of his race with impunity. He decides to give that up to live as a white man as opposed to having the stain of the Colored race upon him. I can compare this to the book Passing or Quicksand. Although this man's life didn't end so tragically. How many people today are descended from people who passed, and does it even matter? Questions i still don't know and probably would never have to answer for myself.