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Whiter Shade Of Pale (2010)

by Christian Lander(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1742701108 (ISBN13: 9781742701103)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Hardie Grant Books

review 1: Some people don't find this book to be funny because it supposedly points out the obvious, but parts of the book do seem to have a seriously critical tone that goes beyond just a good laugh. Other parts are just plain funny.Sample quote: "When it comes to hiring a nanny, there are a lot of rules. White nannies are generally seen as problematic. ... [W]ith white nannies comes the fear that they will abandon the children if they find something better to do. This last fear is especially pronounced in white parents because it's exactly what they just did."
review 2: Where the first book had an anthropologist's detached bemusement, this one chides its subjects for not making enough money or "contributing to society," which is pretty dominant hegemonic power-para... moredigm of it, something white people love both to do and to accuse others of doing. The result is a somewhat meaner, cattier work that's closer in tone both to its many short-lived, inferior imitators, and to what horrified Wrong Kind Of White People have always imagined SWPL must be like. But then I'm typing this into a social media site on my iPhone, so I might be biased. less

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