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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Being a black child in 1970s America was even harder to endure when you carried an African name.
Chapter 3: Baratunde’s mother challenged many stereotypes people commonly still hold about a black woman.
Chapter 4: Baratunde’s early experiences adjusting to life in private school were very often awkward.
Chapter 5: Black people can take equal pride in their American nationality and their African ancestry.
Chapter 6: When black people gather together, it shouldn’t ever be taken as a threat to white people.
Chapter 7: Black-white friendships are wonderful, but don’t ask to touch a black person’s hair.
Chapter 8: Boston can feel unfriendly to black people, but Harvard University provided an accepting environment.
Chapter 9: The workplace presents its own set of challenges when working with black and white coworkers.
Description
How To Be Black (2012) is the funny, revealing and insightful autobiography of Baratunde Thurston. Thurston attended private schools and Harvard University, and the experience of being black in a predominantly white milieu taught him a great deal about what white and black people have come to expect from one another. These blinks tackle a difficult subject with humor and empathy.
Who Should Listen
- Black people who get nervous around white people
- White people who get nervous around black people
- Curious readers interested in a fresh perspective