"How to Be Black" Quotes
"How to Be Black" is a humorous and insightful exploration of black identity and culture in America.
nonfiction | 254 pages | Published in 2012
Quotes
What is wrong with you people?
identityrace
I am the token black friend. I am the black friend that white people have.
identityracefriendship
I'm not a big fan of my people.
identityrace
I'm not black, I'm Baratunde.
identityindividuality
Black people don't go to therapy.
stereotypesmental health
I am a representative of my people, and I am not doing a very good job.
identityresponsibility
I feel very angry and a little bit guilty.
emotionsguilt
I'm not going to live in fear. I refuse to cower. I reject the notion that we should be afraid.
courageresilience
I'm a black man. I'm the scary black man.
stereotypesidentity
I realized that I'm black. I didn't think of myself as black. I just thought of myself as normal.
identityself-awareness





