How Not To Get Shot by D. L. Hughley

Cloth; New. How Not To Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People by D.L. Hughley. Humor. Cultural Studies. "200 years ago, white people told black folks, “‘I suggest you pick the cotton if you don’t like getting whipped.” Today, it’s “comply with police orders if you don’t want to get shot.”Now legendary comedian/activist D. L. Hughley confronts and remixes white people’s “advice” in this “satirical but apt addition to the culture’s fraught conversation about race” (New York Times Book Review)In America, a black man is three times more likely to be killed in encounters with police than a white guy. If only he hadcomplied with the cop, he might be alive today, pundits say in the aftermath of the latest shooting of an unarmed black man. Or, Maybe he shouldn’t have worn that hoodie … or, moved more slowly … not been out so late … Wait, why are black peopleallowed to drive, anyway?This isn’t a new phenomenon. White people have been giving “advice” to black folks for as long as anyone ca