How to be black / Baratunde Thurston.

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, D...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thurston, Baratunde
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, ©2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	African Americans > Humor. African Americans > Social conditions > Humor. African American wit and humor. Humor.
Online Access:	Publisher description Contributor biographical information http://baratunde.com/#baratunde https://twitter.com/baratunde https://www.facebook.com/baratunde http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146198412/baratunde-thurston-explains-how-to-be-black

Table of Contents:

Thanks for celebrating Black History Month by acquiring this book
Where did you get that name?
When did you first realize you were black?
Mama Thurston
How black are you?
Do you know what an oreo is?
Wealth-related horse violence
Why are you wearing that white man over your heart?
The U.S. propaganda machine: a middle school paper
The white student union
How to be the black friend
How to speak for all black people
Have you ever wanted to not be black?
Can you swim?
Going black to Africa
But I don't want to kill people
Being black at Harvard
How to be the black employee
How to be the angry negro
How to be the (next) black president
How's that post-racial thing working out for ya?
The future of blackness
Race work and art: the black panel speaks.

How to be black / Baratunde Thurston.

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