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How To Be Black

10 min read 13 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A hilarious, sharp memoir and satirical guide that deconstructs the myth of a single black identity, arguing that blackness is a vast, complex experience to be lived, not a rulebook to follow.

You’ll learn

  • Blackness is not monolithic
  • The burden of racial performance
  • Internal community gatekeeping
  • Freedom to define yourself