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How to Be Black

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 th...

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Pod Save America

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Pod Save America

It was described as being brutally honest and hilarious, and the podcast based on the book was also highly anticipated.

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I read his book several years ago and it's brutally honest and hilarious and great, and the show is gonna be incredible.

— Episode: "Putting the Mess in Messaging."

Episode: "Putting the Mess in Messaging."

It was described as being brutally honest and hilarious, and the podcast based on the book was also highly anticipated.

"

I read his book several years ago and it's brutally honest and hilarious and great, and the show is gonna be incredible.

Episode: "Putting the Mess in Messaging."

It was described as brutally honest and hilarious, and the podcast based on the book was anticipated.

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I read his book several years ago and it's brutally honest and hilarious and great, and the show is gonna be incredible.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

He said it was a very funny book that explores the stages of black identity using gold, silver and bronze metaphors.

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I think ... it's a book called How to Be Black. It's a very, very funny book.

— Episode: David Harewood: The Chilling Story Of Ho...

Episode: David Harewood: The Chilling Story Of How A Hollyw...

He said it was a very funny book that explores the stages of black identity using gold, silver and bronze metaphors.

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I think ... it's a book called How to Be Black. It's a very, very funny book.

Pivot

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Pivot

Baratunde Thurston's autobiographical satire about his experiences as a Black man in America was mentioned; it was described as a best-selling book.

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He has written about his experience of being a black man in America, including a best-selling autobiographical satire How to Be Black.

— Episode: How Facebook and Twitter are dealing wit...

Episode: How Facebook and Twitter are dealing with racist p...

Baratunde Thurston's autobiographical satire about his experiences as a Black man in America was mentioned; it was described as a best-selling book.

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He has written about his experience of being a black man in America, including a best-selling autobiographical satire How to Be Black.

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was referred to as having a chapter that suggested that becoming famous quickly could be achieved by becoming a Black conservative voice. It illustrated the complexities of fame and identity within a racialized context.

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There's this author Baratunde Thurston, I love Baratunde yeah and he had a Black yeah 'How to Be Black' and he has one chapter it's like if you want to be famous quickly be a black conservative talkin...

— Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

It was referred to as having a chapter that suggested that becoming famous quickly could be achieved by becoming a Black conservative voice. It illustrated the complexities of fame and identity within a racialized context.

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There's this author Baratunde Thurston, I love Baratunde yeah and he had a Black yeah 'How to Be Black' and he has one chapter it's like if you want to be famous quickly be a black conservative talking and it's so true like yeah like if you want to be known say the right thing that will make you exceptional you know that's that's so funny so that reminded me of that part of the out yeah yeah you wonder like how much of this this shit that Stacy Dash does she believe or like or like honestly is she just like was that a job was that a job honestly.

Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

It was mentioned as a book that contained a chapter suggesting that a quick route to fame is to be a black conservative who talks a lot.

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there's this author Baratunde Thurston, I love Baratunde, yeah and he had a black, yeah How to Be Black and he has one chapter, it's like if you want to be famous quickly, be a black conservative talking and it's so true like yeah like if you want to be known, say the right thing that will make you exceptional.

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