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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
Best piece of satire I’ve read in a while. It manages to be painfully, hilarious and brutal.
DL’s sarcasm hits you in the face with every point he makes.
It would be hilarious, if it weren't so heartbreaking, but the laughs come through all the same. Definitely worth reading. The jokes keeps you reading but he doesn't hide the frustrating and enraging truth of the society we live in.
It’s a great way to tackle a subject that is hard for so many people to talk about. but badly needs to be disscussed.
The last words are haunting:
DL’s sarcasm hits you in the face with every point he makes.
It would be hilarious, if it weren't so heartbreaking, but the laughs come through all the same. Definitely worth reading. The jokes keeps you reading but he doesn't hide the frustrating and enraging truth of the society we live in.
It’s a great way to tackle a subject that is hard for so many people to talk about. but badly needs to be disscussed.
The last words are haunting:
How do you not get shot?.... Don't be Black
This book exceeded my expectations. I'm so glad I took the time to listen to this book. He definitely did his research and added his brand of satiric comedy to a serious and exhausting topic.
Favorite quote: "Trump voters want America to be what it used to be; we black & brown folks want it to become what was promised. You look back, we look forward. Because for us, America was just beginning to get okay when Trump came along."
Favorite quote: "Trump voters want America to be what it used to be; we black & brown folks want it to become what was promised. You look back, we look forward. Because for us, America was just beginning to get okay when Trump came along."
This is the typical situation when something is funny because it's true, but also really awful because it's true. D.L. Hughley writes a hilarious guide on how not to get shot by cops, compiling the best advice white people have for black people, all the while quoting cases of black people that followed that advice and got shot regardless. It is very informative without being heavy, and it's truly funny despite leaving you shaken.
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
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funny
informative
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medium-paced
it's written incredibly funny but the contents are so agonising (if that's the right word) that not even a smile makes it onto my face... not sure I would recommend this to a black person, but definitely to any white person who wants to get a better understanding of how hopeless the struggle must feel for the black community.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality
Def. some good laugh out loud moments, for what is a very serious subject. Its a quick and entertaining read. There is def. some seriousness in between the jokes and one liners.
I think its a good summary from the reviewer Nefertati: "Is there a word for writing that is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking? If so, file this book under it."
I think its a good summary from the reviewer Nefertati: "Is there a word for writing that is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking? If so, file this book under it."
Everyone who needs to read this won't and that's a damn shame. Really great satire and I laughed out loud multiple times despite the upsetting subject matter. Really well done.
challenging
funny
medium-paced
America is like a shooting victim with a bullet near its spine on a medical drama. Let's call it Heartbeat. The bullet in this instance is racism. So this racist bullet is precariously positioned so that removing it might kill the victim: America. And look, there's a bunch of doctors, both black and white. The black guys are like, "We gotta get this bullet out or America might die." And the white doctors are like, "Let's just leave it there. Removing it might actually be more dangerous." And meanwhile, America is bleeding out on the table.
An absolutely fantastic work of satire. It's like if Random Acts of Flyness and Get Out had a baby and that baby was a stand-up routine! This book started out good and just got better and better. I died laughing several times, which I rarely ever do, but the guy is just that funny! (Po-po potpourri almost killed me. 😂)
I wish this was the book white people were reading right now instead of How to Be an Antiracist, White Fragility, or Stamped. It exposes the hypocrisy of much of the rhetoric surrounding the murders of Black people by police, and does so in a way that's both humorous and woke. Only one of our own could have written a book like this, because the topic is so dark and so threatening and so ubiquitous to our lives, and yet we continue to laugh through the tears.
An absolutely fantastic work of satire. It's like if Random Acts of Flyness and Get Out had a baby and that baby was a stand-up routine! This book started out good and just got better and better. I died laughing several times, which I rarely ever do, but the guy is just that funny! (Po-po potpourri almost killed me. 😂)
I wish this was the book white people were reading right now instead of How to Be an Antiracist, White Fragility, or Stamped. It exposes the hypocrisy of much of the rhetoric surrounding the murders of Black people by police, and does so in a way that's both humorous and woke. Only one of our own could have written a book like this, because the topic is so dark and so threatening and so ubiquitous to our lives, and yet we continue to laugh through the tears.