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By: Baratunde Thurston
Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-media’s insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black culture’s richness and variety. Fans of Stuff White People Like, This Week in Blackness, and Ending Racism in About an Hour will be captivated, uplifted, incensed, and inspired by this hilarious and powerful attack on America’s blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurston’s How to Be Black.
For those who want to add a dose of humor as well as autobiography to their class discussions about race in America, The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30+ years of expertise in being black with helpful essays such as “How to Be the Black Friend,” and “How to Speak for All Black People.” How to Be Black will connect with black students who might share the same experience of being one of the only black people at work, in a group of friends or in a class—and it will jumpstart class discussions on the portrayal of minorities in media and the prevalence of discrimination.
Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-media’s insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black culture’s richness and variety. Fans of Stuff White People Like, This Week in Blackness, and Ending Racism in About an Hour will be captivated, uplifted, incensed, and inspired by this hilarious and powerful attack on America’s blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurston’s How to Be Black.
For those who want to add a dose of humor as well as autobiography to their class discussions about race in America, The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30+ years of expertise in being black with helpful essays such as “How to Be the Black Friend,” and “How to Speak for All Black People.” How to Be Black will connect with black students who might share the same experience of being one of the only black people at work, in a group of friends or in a class—and it will jumpstart class discussions on the portrayal of minorities in media and the prevalence of discrimination.
