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 Americas most painful and enduring issues.Melissa Harris-Perry

The Onions 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-medias insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black cultures 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 Americas blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurstons How to Be Black.