The coloring book
Subtitle: a comedian solves race relations in America
By: Colin Quinn
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781455507597
Subjects: Multiculturalism; Humor; Race relations; Ethnicity
Description: "From former SNL writer and "Weekend Update" host Colin Quinn comes a controversial and laugh-out-loud investigation into cultural and ethnic stereotypes. Colin Quinn has noticed a trend--Americans' increasing political correctness have forced us to tiptoe around the subjects of race and ethnicity. Every ethnic group has differences and this diversity should be celebrated, not denied. So why has acknowledging cultural differences become so taboo? In The Coloring Book, Quinn mixes his own personal experiences with incredibly candid and hilarious conversations with people from different ethnic groups to discover which stereotypes they find funny, which stereotypes are based on truths, which have become totally distorted over time, and which are actually offensive to each group, and why. As it pokes holes in the tapestry of fear that has overtaken discussions about race, The Coloring Book serves as an antidote to our paralysis when it comes to laughing at ourselves...and others"--
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Park Slope rainbow; title: Dashiki red, black 86 green; title: Muscle car chrome; title: Picante papaya; title: Smoked salmon pink; title: Paddy wagon green; title: Quiet ochre; title: Endless desert; title: Blood blue; title: Ellis Island indigo; title: Conclusion: Future fuchsia