How not to get shot And other advice from white people
Book - 2018
Legendary African American activist-comedian D. L. Hughley uses satire to draw attention to white privilege and racial injustice, sardonically offering an illustrated how-to guide for black people, full of insight from white people, about how to act, dress, speak, walk, and drive in the safest manner possible.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Humor
Essays - Published
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New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- ISBN
- 9780062698544
- Introduction
- Part I. How Not to Get Shot by the Police
- 1. Comply with Police Orders
- 2. Don't Talk Back
- 3. Don't Break the Law!
- 4. You Have to Understand: Cops Are Scared
- 5. Do Be an Angel
- 6. Don't Drive like a Suspect
- 7. If You Do Get Shot, Don't Rush to Judgment
- 8. The Real Way to Not Get Shot by the Police
- Part II. How to Look
- 9. Don't Match the Description
- 10. How to Dress Less Threatening
- 11. Don't Have Gang Tattoos
- 12. How to Do Your Hair
- Part III. How to Act
- 13. How to Be Nice and Quiet
- 14. What Kind of Music Should You Listen To?
- 15. Stop Making White People Say the N-Word
- 16. How to Not Come from a Single-Parent Household
- 17. What to Name Your Kids
- 18. How to Get a Job
- 19. Stop Taking Handouts
- 20. How to Move into a White Neighborhood
- Part IV. Understanding White People
- 21. What Kind of Black People Do White People Like?
- 22. Your Bill of Rights
- 23. "I'm Not Racist, I Have Black Friends"
- 24. How to Not Be a Reverse Racist
- 25. How to Not Play the Race Card
- 26. End White-on-White Crime!
- 27. How to Make White Food
- Part V. Tidbits of Advice for White People from Black People
- 28. It's Hard Being White, but Try to Make Do
- 29. Pay Attention to Signs
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments