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Bumbershoot / Books This White Person Likes This Review
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Thesis TwoIf there were a blog called Stuff Black People Like, what would be on the blog? Nothing. Why? Black people do not like stuff; they want stuff. They want a house, a car that works, neighbors who do not smoke crack, police officers who do not stop them for no reason ("I'm not robbing this house; this is my house"), supermarkets instead of corner stores that sell baggy T-shirts with images of Scarface and other mythical criminals. The blog for black folks would have to be called Stuff Black People Want.
It's a great piece of writing that goes from Frantz Fanon to Mos Def. You should read the whole thing.
You can also read more from The Stranger's Bumbershoot Guide here, and you can check out the full schedule and make your own Bumbershoot schedule here.
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