Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

by D. L. Hughley, Doug Moe Narrated by D. L. Hughley

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Aside from late-night TV where issues of race are often discussed in satirical terms, there aren't many books doing the same thing, although D.L. Hughley has ventured down this path a couple of times. As a comedian, actor and host of a very popular radio show, Hughley is a master of biting humor with a large dose of reality. It makes for a compelling show, and in his new book, he has written a contract to white America as a path towards peace and understanding.

Surrender, white people! After 400 years of white supremacy in America, a reckoning is here. Time to listen up,*look history in the face, and surrender unjust*privilege. These are the terms of peace-and they are unconditional.*Hope you have a sense of humor, because this is gonna sting.

The legendary activist/comedian and author of the “hilarious yet soul-shaking” (Black Enterprise) bestseller*How Not to Get Shot*returns to address a nation on the edge of civil war.

After centuries of oppressing others, white people are in for a surprise: You're about to be a minority yourself. Yes, the face of America is getting a lot browner-and a reckoning is coming. Black and brown folk are not going to take a back seat anymore. It's time to lay down your unjust privileges and sue for peace while the getting's still good. Lucky for America, D.L. Hughley has a plan.

On the eve of America becoming a majority-minority nation, Hughley warns, the only way for America to move forward peacefully is if Whites face their history, put aside all their visions of superiority, and open up their institutions so they benefit everyone in this nation. *But we can still have fun with this right?**Surrender, White People!*hilariously holds America account for its wrongs and offers his satirical terms for reparations and reconciliation.

But it's not all bad news, white folks. The upside is that if you put D.L.'s plan into effect, you can FINALLY get black people to stop talking about oppression, discrimination, and their place in America. That's something we can get behind.

Editorial Reviews

MARCH 2021 - AudioFile

D.L. Hughley pulls no punches performing his audiobook about racism, reparations, and the state of race in America. Hughley, an activist/writer/comedian for decades, reveals bitter truths about racism in America that are pretty hard to hear. The framework of the audiobook is a peace treaty between the races and the establishment of reparations. He softens the blows by adding humor to his statements, but there are not enough jokes in the world to disguise the horror of some of his facts about atrocities committed against people of color. He describes the terror of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when mobs of white residents attacked Black residents in Greenwood killing up to 300, injuring 800, and leveling hundreds of homes and businesses. M.S. 2021 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

"Hughley uses his trademark humor to address the stark divisions in society that stem from centuries of white supremacy. His solution involves a reckoning with America's history, reparations, and a hard look at oneself." — People

"Brilliance. The book is amazing." — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Dept. of African American Studies, Princeton University (via Twitter)

"A satirical look at white supremacy, which examines racial inequality in the United States across education, health care and the housing market." — New York Times

"A simultaneously humorous and serious take on race relations in the wake of a near unprecedented resistance effort to stem fatal police violence.  ... The author effectively combines his outspoken comedic sensibilities with his longtime experience with political commentary. ... Mixes important statistics and earnest policy reforms with his witty perspective gained from his upbringing in South Central LA and decades of successful comedy tours in front of black and white audiences. Readers will frequently laugh out loud, but there’s far more to this couldn’t-be-timelier book than just jokes. ... Bitingly comedic." — Kirkus Reviews

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

"Brilliance. The book is amazing."

New York Times

"A satirical look at white supremacy, which examines racial inequality in the United States across education, health care and the housing market."

People

"Hughley uses his trademark humor to address the stark divisions in society that stem from centuries of white supremacy. His solution involves a reckoning with America's history, reparations, and a hard look at oneself."

MARCH 2021 - AudioFile

D.L. Hughley pulls no punches performing his audiobook about racism, reparations, and the state of race in America. Hughley, an activist/writer/comedian for decades, reveals bitter truths about racism in America that are pretty hard to hear. The framework of the audiobook is a peace treaty between the races and the establishment of reparations. He softens the blows by adding humor to his statements, but there are not enough jokes in the world to disguise the horror of some of his facts about atrocities committed against people of color. He describes the terror of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when mobs of white residents attacked Black residents in Greenwood killing up to 300, injuring 800, and leveling hundreds of homes and businesses. M.S. 2021 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

2020-06-16
The acclaimed comedian announces the terms of surrender that white America must claim for its sins, under threat of being surrounded as the U.S. becomes majority nonwhite.

“We’re clearly at war,” writes Hughley. “When you can get shot in your own house like Botham Jean or Atatiana Jefferson, what else can you call it? All deaths are tragic, but not all of them are surprising. When dudes are on the streets, running afoul of the law, the propensity for something happening is probably exacerbated. But when cops kill two people in their homes, what else can you call it but war?” In his latest, the author offers a simultaneously humorous and serious take on race relations in the wake of a near unprecedented resistance effort to stem fatal police violence. He appoints himself as lead arbiter, “sole agent,” seeking cautiously to negotiate a peace treaty that serves to establish a lasting peace between “Black folks and their oppressors.” The author effectively combines his outspoken comedic sensibilities with his longtime experience with political commentary (he had his own show on CNN and serves as a correspondent for the network). Neither side leaves the narrative unscathed. Assuredly, white people get it the worst, yet many black readers may call into question what it means to accept “our place in America” if it’s built on what Hughley admits is stolen land and wealth. This follows in the spirit of the author’s previous book, How Not To Get Shot, as he mixes important statistics and earnest policy reforms with his witty perspective gained from his upbringing in South Central LA and decades of successful comedy tours in front of black and white audiences. Readers will frequently laugh out loud, but there’s far more to this couldn’t-be-timelier book than just jokes.

Prescriptively mild and bitingly comedic.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173224354
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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