The title of the song "Black Like Me" (2020) by Mickey Guyton was inspired by the book.[11]
Episode 15 of season 4 of the television series Boy Meets World was titled "Chick Like Me". In it, Mr. Feeny discusses Black Like Me, which gives Shawn the idea for him and Cory to dress likes girls to see if they get treated differently as a topic for Cory's column in the school newspaper.
The television drama film To Be Fat like Me (2007) was loosely inspired by the book. It stars Kaley Cuoco as a thin woman who makes herself appear overweight by wearing a fat suit, and films her experiences for a documentary titled Fat Like Me.
