The Onionâs Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like âHow to Be the Black Friend,â âHow to Speak for All Black People,â âHow To Celebrate Black History Month,â and more, in this satirical guide to race issuesâwritten for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-mediaâs insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black cultureâs richness and variety. Fans of Stuff White People Like, This Week in Blackness, and Ending Racism in About an Hour will be captivated, uplifted, incensed, and inspired by this hilarious and powerful attack on Americaâs blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurstonâs How to Be Black.