{"product_id":"negropediaisbn-9780307463807","title":"Negropedia","description":"Patrice Evans is The Assimilated Negro, a hyperobservant, savagely pop-savvy instigator bent on pranking the crap out of our modern racial discourse. Since the debut of his popular “Ghetto Pass” column for Gawker.com, Evans has been the rare voice capable of speaking to junkies for both White Castle and Colson Whitehead with equal insight and aplomb. His first book, \u003ci\u003eNegropedia,\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging, deeply idiosyncratic tour through the tricky racial landscape of the Obama era, aimed at pop-culture consumers at the intersecting fan bases of \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChappelle’s Show,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eScott Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Boondocks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e            Whether deconstructing Lil Wayne’s “no homo hypocrisy,” outlining the all-important Clair Huxtable code for finding a mate, or assessing Susan Sontag’s street cred, Evans provides a stream of daring outsider anthropology.“This definitely supplants that weird book my grandpa gave me from the ’30s as the best guide to black people I’ve ever read.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChristian Lander\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eStuff White People Like\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhiter Shades of Pale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I feel like I became closer to the Lord by reading this book.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is to black life what the basketball is to a game of basketball.\u003cbr\u003eRead my quote. Be influenced. Buy this book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHannibal Buress\u003c\/b\u003e, writer (\u003ci\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e) and comedian (My name is Hannibal.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eNegropedia\u003c\/i\u003e is a humorous collection of essays.” – Jason Parham, NewYorker.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A group of hilarious vignettes ” – Flavorwire.comPATRICE EVANS, aka The Assimilated Negro (TAN), is a contributing writer for Grantland.com. He has written about the intersection of race, class, and pop culture for \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York,\u003c\/i\u003e Gawker.com, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s,\u003c\/i\u003e and CollegeHumor.com, as well as \u003ci\u003eWhat Was the Hipster?,\u003c\/i\u003e an essay collection published by the literary journal \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to writing for print and online, he also writes rhymes and stand-up bits for fun and profit. He lives in New York City.\u003cb\u003eTHE CLAIR HUXTABLE CODE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClair Huxtable is the perfect professional black mom. Actually, Clair Huxtable transcends race: She’s the perfect professional mom, period. She also transcends generations: While June Cleaver, Carol Brady, and Edith Bunker may lose potency over time, if you go back to the archives, you’ll find Clair Huxtable still holds up strong. Every TV mom is still aspiring to be Clair. She simply covers all the bases: Effective lawyer. Attentive parent. Lightning-fast hoagie snatcher. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe raised the bar every Thursday night for years and years, and millions of black men went to bed dreaming they would someday run into their own Clair. Every black man under forty in America has used her as a guiding light in his quest for the perfect partner. When they go out on dates with black women, their eyes glaze over as they hallucinate three-cushion sofas and little Rudys and Theos walking around, being adorably bratty and dealing with very solvable life issues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to be a modern-day Clair: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Date a professional: doctor, lawyer, politician. Income, insurance, and a job that projects dignity and respect are nonnegotiables for Clair.\u003cbr\u003e2. Be independently successful: You want a professional man, but no one ever saw Clair asking for money on The Cosby Show. \u003cbr\u003e3. Develop the ability to raise one eyebrow--it’s the ultimate passive-aggressive tool. I’m pretty sure there are a couple episodes where Clair didn’t speak a single line, she just raised the eyebrow for every purpose, be it warning the children or luring Cliff into the bedroom. \u003cbr\u003e4. Dress in age-appropriate attire that is neither fl ashy nor cheap. Clair was sexy, but at the same time we never saw more than a few inches of flesh exposed. Try to keep up with that, Kim Kardashian! \u003cbr\u003e5. Health and fitness are part of the agenda but should not be overdone. Clair never bemoaned her weight, but we also never saw her coming from the gym. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to find your Clair: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Tour local graduate schools. \u003cbr\u003e• Have a graduate degree yourself. \u003cbr\u003e• Be comfortable with the fact that you will always be less put together than your woman. Be a fixer-upper. \u003cbr\u003e• No drugs, no excessive drinking. Life itself is fun with Clair; there’s no need to artificially enhance. \u003cbr\u003e• A small potbelly is endearing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINAL NOTE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichelle Obama might be taking the baton as the quintessential symbol of the professional black woman\/doting mother. Being the first lady and having the whole “actually existing” thing going for her will surely help her work her way into our collective hearts and minds. But she’ll still need Barack to win a second term before she can approach the status of Clair Huxtable.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304145670373,"sku":"NP9780307463807","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307463807_61b7d432-c35b-460b-9194-7b79f8e2b611.jpg?v=1730756452","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/negropediaisbn-9780307463807","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}