Trade Paperback
224 Pages, 6.14 x 9.21 x 0.51 in
July 1, 2008
Random House Publishing Group
0812979915
9780812979916
From the Publisher
They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee,
leafing through the Sunday New York Times, 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.
They believe they're unique, yet somehow they're all exactly the
same, talking about how they "get" Sarah Silverman's "subversive"
comedy and Wes Anderson's "droll" films. They're also down with
diversity and up on all the best microbrews, breakfast spots,
foreign cinema, and authentic sushi. They're organic, ironic, and
do not own TVs.
You know who they are: They're white people. And they're here, and
you're gonna have to deal. Fortunately, here'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.
Praise for STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE:
"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? 'Blonde
on Blonde' on the iPod? The author knows who reads The New
Yorker and who wears plaid."
-Janet Maslin's summer picks, CBS.com
"The 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 idle
threats to move to Canada, and joy in playing children''s
games as adults. Kickball, anyone?"
-Salon.com
"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."
-NY Daily News
From the Jacket
They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee,
leafing through the Sunday New York Times, 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.
They believe they're unique, yet somehow they're all exactly the
same, talking about how they "get" Sarah Silverman's "subversive"
comedy and Wes Anderson's "droll" films. They're also down with
diversity and up on all the best microbrews, breakfast spots,
foreign cinema, and authentic sushi. They're organic, ironic, and
do not own TVs.
You know who they are: They're white people. And they're here, and
you're gonna have to deal. Fortunately, here'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.
Praise for STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE:
"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? 'Blonde
on Blonde' on the iPod? The author knows who reads The New
Yorker and who wears plaid."
-Janet Maslin's summer picks, CBS.com
"The 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 idle
threats to move to Canada, and joy in playing children's
games as adults. Kickball, anyone?"
-Salon.com
"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."
-NY Daily News
About the Author
Christian Lander is the creator of the website Stuff White People Like. He is a Ph.D. dropout who was the 2006 public speaking instructor of the year at Indiana University. He has lived in Toronto, Montreal, Copenhagen, Tucson, Indiana, and now Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, Jess, a photographer who contributed many of the photos in the book.