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Racial Suspicion Is Wasteful
At BloggingHeads.tv, Robert Wright and Baratunde Thurston discuss a question that Wright says he’s always wanted to ask a black person: “Is it easy to get over the fact that many people you encounter, their initial appraisal of you has to do with your blackness?” Thurston replied that, for large numbers of people, that reality…
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How to Be the Black Friend
In this excerpt from his memoir How to Be Black, comedian and The Root 100 honoree Baratunde Thurston offers rules for those who find themselves being the only black friend in a group. Read and learn. Cultural Authenticity You won’t be of much value to black people or anyone else if you don’t maintain a…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
