How to Be Black: A Humorous and Intelligent Memoir with Satirical Stories About Race, Identity, and the Black Experience - Couverture souple

Thurston, Baratunde

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062003224 ISBN 13 : 9780062003225

Editeur : Harper Paperbacks, 2012

Synopsis

“Part autobiography, part stand-up routine, part contemporary political analysis, and astute all over.... Reading this book made me both laugh and weep with poignant recognition.... A hysterical, irreverent exploration of one of America’s most painful and enduring issues.” — Melissa Harris-Perry

The Onion’s 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. 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Baratunde Thurston is the director of digital at The Onion, the cofounder of Jack & Jill Politics, a stand-up comedian, and a globe-trotting speaker. He was named one of the 100 most influential African-Americans of 2011 by The Root and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company magazine. Baratunde resides in Brooklyn and lives on Twitter (@baratunde).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062003224
• ISBN 13: 9780062003225
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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