He argued people should read the book before criticizing it, and declined to share a photo of the disguise he used during the writing process.

Real researchers are very explicit and forthright about their methodology…

“If people are looking for a minstrel show, they should look somewhere else.”

…and don’t insult people who ask legitimate questions about their work.

“Nobody has an experiential barometer with respect to race, for that matter,” he writes. “Nobody except for me… My barometer is better than anyone else’s.”

Exceptionally arrogant and (unsurprisingly) quite wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me

He describes his own writing in Seven Shoulders as a “tremendous literary achievement” and a “tremendous achievement in the realm of civic progress.”

More arrogance, in case you missed any of the other examples.

I don’t know what this guy’s deal is, but he’s doing everything possible to avoid being taken seriously. I happen to think that another book done as professionally and seriously as Black Like Me may be insightful and useful. Based on what I’ve seen so far, though, I don’t think that this self-aggrandizing stunt comes anywhere close to that standard.