A review by zavey
Think Like a White Man: Conquering the World . . . While Black by Boulé Whytelaw, Nels Abbey
I was not the intended audience for this book. I am neither black nor intending on making it in the corporate world. In that case, I probably shouldn't have read it. Nevertheless, I did, and it left me scratching my head at times as, although satirical, I struggled to get which points were him using satire to point out racism, and which points he was actually serious about. I found some things in this book questionable.
I think the title of this book threw me off. I was expecting more satire at the expense of the white man, with advice on how to actually think like a white man, eg. be unapologetically confident in all that you do, take up space, don't worry about your dress sense etc. But this book was exactly the opposite, it was less how to think like a white man and more how to think like a black man trying to impress the white man.
I know he was using these points to assist the black person navigate and get ahead in the corporate world, I guess it's just a shame one should have to feign whiteness in order to do so.
I think the title of this book threw me off. I was expecting more satire at the expense of the white man, with advice on how to actually think like a white man, eg. be unapologetically confident in all that you do, take up space, don't worry about your dress sense etc. But this book was exactly the opposite, it was less how to think like a white man and more how to think like a black man trying to impress the white man.
I know he was using these points to assist the black person navigate and get ahead in the corporate world, I guess it's just a shame one should have to feign whiteness in order to do so.