How not to get shot

and other advice from white people

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D. L. Hughley: How not to get shot (2018)

260 pages

English language

Published April 10, 2018

ISBN:
978-0-06-269854-4
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OCLC Number:
1030257808

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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.

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If you can’t tell from the parenthetical in the title, this book is a sarcastic riff on all the bad advice white people give every time a Black person gets shot by the cops. Comply with orders. Comply with what the cop meant, not what the cop said. Comply quickly, but not too quickly. Comply slowly, but not too slowly. That sort of thing.

The “other advice” sections go on about choosing a name and how to dress and all the other things people who look like me like to tut tut about.

Highly recommend. It’s a very quick read.

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Subjects

  • Politics and government
  • Race relations
  • Humor
  • Police shootings
  • American essays
  • Social justice
  • American wit and humor

Places

  • United States