How to Be Black

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Synopsis

If You Don't Buy This Book, You're a Racist.

Have you ever been called "too black" or "not black enough"?

Have you ever befriended or worked with a black person?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for you.

Raised by a pro-black, Pan-Afrikan single mother during the crack years of 1980s Washington, DC, and educated at Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University, Baratunde Thurston has over thirty years' experience being black. Now, through stories of his politically inspired Nigerian name, the heroics of his hippie mother, the murder of his drug-abusing father, and other revelatory black details, he shares with readers of all colors his wisdom and expertise in how to be black.

Beyond memoir, this guidebook offers practical advice on everything from "How to Be The Black Friend" to "How to Be The (Next) Black President" to "How to Celebrate Black History Month."

To provide additional perspective, Baratunde assembled an award-winning Black Panel—three black women, three black men, and one white man (Christian Lander of Stuff White People Like)—and asked them such revealing questions as:

"When Did You First Realize You Were Black?"

"How Black Are You?"

"Can You Swim?"

The result is a humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes the so-called experts, purists, and racists who purport to speak for all black people. With honest storytelling and biting wit, Baratunde plots a path not just to blackness, but one open to anyone interested in simply "how to be."

Chapters

  • 001 How To Be Black

    Duration: 33s
  • 002 Introduction

    Duration: 25min
  • 003 Where Did You Get that Name

    Duration: 08min
  • 004 When Did You First Realize You Were Black

    Duration: 12min
  • 005 Mama Thurston

    Duration: 13min
  • 006 How Black Are You

    Duration: 13min
  • 007 Do You Know What An Oreo Is

    Duration: 07min
  • 008 Wealth-Related Horse Violence

    Duration: 06min
  • 009 Why Are You Wearing That White Man Over Your Heart

    Duration: 07min
  • 010 The U.S. Propaganda Machine - A Middle School Paper

    Duration: 12min
  • 011 The White Student Union

    Duration: 05min
  • 012 How To Be The Black Friend

    Duration: 17min
  • 013 How To Speak For All Black People

    Duration: 16min
  • 014 Have You Ever Wanted To Not Be Black

    Duration: 12min
  • 015 Can You Swim

    Duration: 08min
  • 016 Going Black To Africa

    Duration: 14min
  • 017 But I Don't Want To Kill People

    Duration: 13min
  • 018 Being Black At Harvard

    Duration: 21min
  • 019 How To Be The Black Employee

    Duration: 40min
  • 020 How To Be The Angry Negro

    Duration: 09min
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