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Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions | 
 enlarge | Author: Christian Lander
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 1028
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0812979915
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.602
EAN: 9780812979916
ASIN: 0812979915
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday iNew York Times/i, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees. brbrThey believe they#8217;re unique, yet somehow they#8217;re all exactly the same, talking about how they #8220;get#8221; Sarah Silverman#8217;s #8220;subversive#8221; comedy and Wes Anderson#8217;s #8220;droll#8221; films. They#8217;re also down with diversity and up on all the best microbrews, breakfast spots, foreign cinema, and authentic sushi. They#8217;re organic, ironic, and do not own TVs. brbrYou know who they are: They#8217;re white people. And they#8217;re here, and you#8217;re gonna have to deal. Fortunately, here#8217;s a book that investigates, explains, and offers advice for finding social success with the Caucasian persuasion. So kick back on your IKEA couch and lose yourself in the ultimate guide to the unbearable whiteness of being.brbrbuPraise for STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE:/u/bbrbrb#8220;The best of a hilarious Web site: an uncannily accurate catalog of dead-on predilections. The Criterion Collection of classic films? Haircuts with bangs? Expensive fruit juice? #8216;Blonde on Blonde#8217; on the iPod? The author knows who reads iThe New Yorker/i and who wears plaid.#8221;/bbr#8211;Janet Maslin#8217;s summer picks, CBS.combrbr#8220;bThe author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris. . . . It gently mocks the habits and pretensions of urbane, educated, left-leaning whites, skewering their passion for Barack Obama and public transportation (as long as it's not a bus), their uidle threats/u to move to Canada, and joy in playing uchildren's games as adults./u Kickball, anyone?#8221;/bbr#8211;Salon.combrbrb#8220;A handy reference guide with which you can check just how white you are. Hint: If you like only documentaries and think your child is gifted, you glow in the dark, buddy.#8221;/bbri#8211;NY Daily News/ibbr/b
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| Customer Reviews: Read 66 more reviews...
 Am I cool, check off list December 28, 2008
Peter Stevens (Memphis, TN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book says less about "white people" and more about pretentious affectations of an economic class.
Funny and so true from non-White person December 25, 2008
H. Shin (Fresh Meadows, NY USA)
Only caveat is this book describes White folks who tend to be left leaning and maybe fall into the Yuppie category and from at least upper middle class background. It does describe them to the teeth. Now all my intuition about these White folks that I developed over the years have been validated with such humor. Could never understand their love for Oscar parties and New Balance shoes.
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Pedro Pablo (New Haven, CT)
Just put this by the porcelain throne and you will extend your stay a minimum of 10 minutes. It's just like the blog, only there are more hysterical entries and viciously accurate observations on the current state of the urban white hipster class. Plus, now that it comes in a paper version you won't have to tote your laptop into the john and risk overheating sensitive regions. A win-win proposition all around.
 Good fun December 23, 2008
andris virsnieks (Seattle, WA USA)
When I got to the chapter about Chomsky I finally realized that all white people live in New York City and San Francisco. br /
Laugh out loud funny December 23, 2008
The Gray Ghost (Houston, TX)
This is one of the funniest coffee table books I have read in a long time. Totally worth the read for a good chuckle.
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