How Not to Get Shot audiobook

Listen! This book should be read by everyone. Don't get offended by the title just read the damn book. If you want to know how useless it is to attempt to give black people advice about the black experience when you're not black PICK THIS DAMN BOOK UP. I must admit, I laughed so much while listening to this book, but I was also heartbroken because a lot of the stuff Hughley talked about in this book is a reality for so many of us on a day to day basis. One of my favorite sections was about black people having to alter themselves to fit in with what some white people deem as appropriate. From the way that we talk to the way that we dress even down to our names. This was definitely a powerful read and you can expect a full review from me soon.

This is how you perfectly tell the truth with satire and sarcasm. Bravo!

The good news is that D. L. Hughley is a better writer than a dancer. The bad news is . . . well, the bad new is that this a book that needs to be written. I do believe that as a white person, I learned some good lessons from this book. I'm aware of white privilege, of course, but this book made me realize that as a white person I tend to swim in white privilege without even realizing it.

Is there a word for writing that is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking? If so, file this book under it.

Painfully funny. You know how much you love it when John Oliver does those 20 minute segments on social issues that are both funny and enlightening? This book is like that, except if you’re reading it as a white person, you’re going to finish it feeling a bit less self-congratulatory.

Well, this is the best piece of satire I’ve read in a while. It manages to be painfully hilarious and heartbreakingly brutal. DL’s sarcasm and over the top humor hit the mark with each and every point he made. It’s a great way to tackle a subject that is hard for so many people to talk about but badly needs to be discussed. The jokes keeps you reading but does not hide the frustrating and enraging truth of the society we live in.

Quick easy read. Very lighthearted but a lot of simple truth to it. It’s a book meant to expose some of our idiosyncrasies regarding race that we have as a society in humor. In particular you will hear a lot of unconventional methods to managing racial issues in America. They are inconceivable but truthfully it’s the only way to avoid some of the racist issues and hatred that we have in this country. Summary... if you don’t want to be shot by police, don’t be black.

"You say comply with police orders, we still get shot. You say don’t break the law, we still get shot. You say don’t talk back, we still get shot. You say be more like white people, dress differently, act differently, and yet the results are not the same as for white people." ~D.L. Hughley "How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People" is a book that uses satirical humor and sarcasm while discussing painful topics like police brutality, racism, criminalization of black bodies, slavery, Jim Crow, the "war on drugs", and etc. In the aftermath of any shooting of an unarmed black person the media and society is filled with voices of people who are quick to suggest that if the victim had just complied with police they wouldn't have gotten killed. Police apologists will immediately defend the murder of an unarmed black person because of what they were wearing, the music they were listening to, some arbitrary picture dug up from the archives of the victim's facebook, or any other racist excuse they can find to suggest the victim wasn't perfect ergo the lynching was justified. The satire is nonstop throughout the book, and when it makes you laugh at the ignoramus "advice" given to black people you're also deeply full of melancholy.Next time I hear someone spouting ignorant sputum in regards to police brutality and murders against black and brown people I'm gonna recommend this book to them.

Wow wow wow what an eye opening book. I made a nice review of this on my Bookstagram and the author actually noticed and commented, which is exciting! Having to read stuff like this is such a heart string puller. I feel like along with To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, and other books read in schools, this should be included. I feel like books like this that deal with real world issues are more important than Shakespeare.