Run in My Shoes

Run In MY Shoes is a chronological historical account regarding the political and social economic reasonsconcerning the development of Racism in American History. Written by an author who grew up during the turbulentSixties/Civil Rights Struggles regarding the Black/White divide. Run In My Shoes highlights the American socialeconomical historical facts and periods that define the American Social adaptations. The author personallyhighlights his personal social experiment of being the third African American to integrate St. Stephens school an elite all white male college preparatory school in the state of Virginia during the late 60s. The author alsohighlights other pioneers regarding the history of race relations in America in order to show the comparisons and contrastsof the depths of social impacts affecting not only an individual but Americas racial problems social issues contributions and experiences of otherswhom contributed to the legacy of race relations. However an important theme of the book is the authors reasons for writing this book. He wanted to highlight his unique experiences passions education and life long academic research towards uncovering of the truths and facts from historical racist myths in order to showcase important realities regarding racism for profit as well as for permanentcontrol and dominance over African Americans people from slavery to the present. Run In My Shoes defines the pace and passion that the author wanted to highlight in order to help sensitize the readers consciousness concerning the discriminating racially violent sociological world of Americas black and white realities no matter whatever ones hue black white brown yellow or red. It brings to light the pain and suffering regarding what did stem from the American Peculiar Institution past and present. The author makes an attempt to show how much effort we still need for all Americans to work towards a change in our system. Racism has and to this day continues to effect the social economic cultural educational and spiritual relations in this country since the arrival of the Europeans to America. Racism is designed to establish one group of humans over the other races as the owners of resources and greater privileges while maintaining a master/servant hierarchy that allows for the institution to exist. Lastly Run In My Shoes was intended to be a therapeutic study regarding the true historical facts concerning Racism and a re-education plan towards helpingto improve the self esteem of African Americans and to improve the factual knowledge levels of all its citizens in order to enhance a non violence approach to the present and future generations in order to create a more perfect American Union. Also to truly showcase Americas resolve to make the improvements in human relations in our country so that abroad we do not appear so totally hypocritical regarding our spreading our way of life to other countries.