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ABC Gives The Green Light To Baratunde Thurston's 'How To Be Black' Series

ABC Gives The Green Light To Baratunde Thurston's 'How To Be Black' Series
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The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea


Statues of former US presidents in Croaker, Virginia. Photograph: Randy Duchaine/Alamy
Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race. But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world
Tue 20 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
In 2008, a satirical blog called Stuff White People Like became a brief but boisterous sensation. The conceit was straightforward, coupling a list, eventually 136 items long, of stuff that white people liked to do or own, with faux-ethnographic descriptions that explained each item’s purported racial appeal. While some of the items were a little too obvious – indie music appeared at #41, Wes Anderson movies at #10 – others, including “awareness” (#18) and “children’s games as adults” (#102), were inspired. It was an instant hit. In its first two months alone, Stuff White People Like drew 4 million visitors, and it wasn’t long before a book based on the blog ....

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