Black Like Me - Trivia

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  • Malcolm X makes reference to this book in The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
  • A Boy Meets World episode, 'Chick Like Me', references and bases the plot on Black Like Me.
  • A Saturday Night Live episode featured a short film starring Eddie Murphy called "White Like Me" where they used make-up effects to turn Murphy into a white man."White Like Me"
  • In the John Waters film Hairspray, itself about racism, Penny Pingleton (Leslie Ann Powers) is seen reading this book while standing in line next to her African-American boyfriend.
  • In the Alien Nation (novel series), Alien Nation #5: Slag Like Me by Barry B. Longyear, 1994, is an allusion to the book.
  • An episode of the comedic Adult Swim series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, titled 'Shake Like Me', is a direct parody of the title and plot of the book.

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