How To Be Black Book Trailer

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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?
Have you ever heard of "black people"?
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 in 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 of 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."

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[volvokid60]

This is hilarious, I will buy this book. It must be a completely Onion-esque piece. I want to write one about being how to be "somewhat black" for all the multi-racial people out there like myself who inhabit a no-man's land of in between-ness that is often unsettling and always exciting. (But wait, that sounds like I am "Speaking for All Multi-Racial Folks"!)

Keep up the good work, Sir.

[baratunde]

@volvokid60 How To Be Gray? :)

[xdarkwing104x]

wooooooow.....

can i get it as an ebook?

[baratunde]

@xdarkwing104x yep. it's available on all major ebook platforms. kindle, nook, sony, ibooks. get it now!

[0123fabulous]

this is so funny

[alanheadbloom]

Very funny man. Will have to buy the book, proving I'm not a racist. Will buy it used online, proving I'm one of the 99%. For those out there who are part of the 1%, buy this book directly from the author, pay full price, and feel good about supporting a funny black man.

[lolcoolj612]

@NobodobodoN No thanks bro, im trying to hold down a job.

[Armyofgod]

This video is amazing! Can't wait to read the book.

[volvokid60]

@baratunde Actually a light brown, and my sister looks like an Indian Princess.

Maybe I'll write "How to be OTHER" ! Or maybe "Sh%# Mixed Folks Say"

[RethaHill]

i read the opening chapter; it is too funny.

[dejon97]

LOL!!! I'm thinking I need to read this. Besides, I don't want to be a racist.