Title How not to get shot : and other advice from white people / D. L. Hughley and Doug Moe.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
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Description	viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents	Part I: How not to get shot by the police. Comply with police orders ; Don't talk back ; Don't break the law! ; You have to understand: cops are scared ; Do be an angel ; Don't drive like a suspect ; If you do get shot, don't rush to judgment ; The real way to not get shot by police -- Part II: How to look. Don't match the description ; How to dress less threatening ; Don't have gang tattoos ; How to do your hair -- Part III: How to act. How to be nice and quiet ; What kind of music should you listen to? ; Stop making white people say the n-word ; How to not come from a single-parent household ; What to name your kids ; How to get a job ; Stop taking handouts ; How to move into a white neighborhood -- Part IV: Understanding white people. What kind of black people do white people like? ; Your bill of rights ; "I'm not racist, I have black friends" ; How not to be a reverse racist ; How not to play the race card ; End white-on-white crime! ; How to make white food -- Part V: Tidbits of advice for white people from black people. It's hard being white, but try to make do ; Pay attention to signs.
Summary	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.
Subject	American wit and humor.
	United States -- Race relations -- Humor.
	Social justice -- United States -- Humor.
	Police shootings -- United States -- Humor.
	American essays -- 21st century.
	United States -- Politics and government -- Humor.
	American essays. (OCoLC)fst00807040
	American wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00807457
	Police shootings. (OCoLC)fst01068686
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	HUMOR / Essays.
	HUMOR / Politics.
Chronological Term	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Humor.
	Essays.
	Nonfiction.
	Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
	Humor. (OCoLC)fst01423696
Added Author	Moe, Doug (Comedian), author.
ISBN	9780062698544 (hardcover)
	0062698540 (hardcover)

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