January 2012
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Specific ways you can help #HowToBeBlack become a...
Update 16 Feb 2012 @ 18:16 ET: WE DID IT! We made the NYT best-seller list! Thanks so much to everyone. Now let’s make it to number 1! Below is an edited version of the original post with some ideas on how you can help.
1. BUY THE BOOK.
Right now. Just do it. If you’ve already got a copy, buy one for someone else! It’s available in all formats including hardcover at your...
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I'm not black. Is How To Be Black for me?
Yes.
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Seriously, a book that tells me How To Be Black?...
How To Be Black is a book written by Baratunde Thurston. It combines personal memoir, interviews, irreverent how-to, and resource guides to meet every reader’s blackness needs, this book 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.”
The core message of the book is, of course, not to...
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What do you mean "Submit your story?" Why the...
We’re using this Tumblr to explore identity and what it means to be _______ (whatever you are) in the 21st century. Every day in February (and likely beyond) we’ll focus on a new question. Our favorite answers will be posted here too. The growing list of questions is online here. If you’d like to submit a question, click here. If you’d like to submit an answer,click...
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I'm not black. Why would I want a book called How...
We all have experienced some gap between who we are and who the world expects us to be. This book explores that from the perspective of one articulate, hilarious black man, but the story is one with which almost anyone can identify.
Baratunde also addressed this topic this during a video chat with our Street Team—check out the video below.
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When Did You First Realize You Were Black?...
Throughout Black History Month (and beyond), we’ll be focusing on questions of identity. For day one, we’re asking a question also asked in How To Be Black: when did you first realize you were black? And if you’re not black, we’re still interested! When did you first realize you were [insert here]?
Submit your story (especially in video), and check out what The Black Panel...
