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  • Paperback: 211 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; 6.1.2008 edition (July 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0812979915
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812979916
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.5 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (296 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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By Timothy B. Riley HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on July 14, 2009
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My gifted (#16), multilingual (#78) 28 year old son (his mother and I are divorced (#66)) has recently returned from a year of teaching English in Japan (#11, 19, 42, 58, 71, 72,) to attend graduate school (#47 and #81) and he visited me today. We had some freshly brewed gourmet coffee (#1) and ate a couple of $12 sandwiches (#63) while watching several episodes of the Wire (#85). As he left he borrowed some of my Criterion Collection (#106) DVD's of 1950's classic Japanese films (#116). And this was just today!

I thought that this book was hilarious, and I love the sub-title (The Definitive Guide to the Unique Tastes of Millions). Although less than half of the "stuff" applied to me I really got a kick out of it and bought a couple more copies for friends.

Let's clear up one thing though; this was not meant to apply to ALL white people. I have two brothers (both republican, blue collar conservatives) and I would be surprised if even two items on the list applied to them and they lead happy, fulfilled lives (or so they tell me). This book is directed to a certain subset of the white population. We like to think that we are different but many of us are different in the exact same ways. We know who we are and we should be able to laugh at ourselves (#103, Self Deprecating Humor).
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If you are anything like me, you are a nearly-thirty white woman who is married with kids, and therefore doesn't quite have enough of a life to figure out what to talk about with her predominately white friends. I have spent many an evening at a chum's house only to find that after exchanging the typical pleasantries about the weather, a given sports team, and the Stock Market that we quickly run out of discussion topics. It's downright embarrassing! As white people we SHOULD have plenty to discuss: our neighbor's overgrown grass, the price of milk, the rising tax on gas, our cousin's new doctorate degree in experimental psychology, etc. In social situations, though, these things sometimes slip our minds and we end up sitting in awkward silence while we fish desperately for something, ANYTHING, to talk about.
Fear no more!
Now, thanks to this handy travel-friendly card set, no white person will run out of conversation topics (and if you do, it's obviously time to find new "friends"). These cards include suggestions for anything and everything that is quintessentially "white"! Not a white person? You're still in need of this set! These will help you comfortably find something to talk about with nearly any white folks you encounter, and they comfortably address all the topics that you cannot possibly be familiar with because of your race! They address pop culture (Angelina Jolie had a preventative mastectomy, did you hear?), books (Game of Thrones: did you read the books first or watch the show?), movies (The Fault in Our Stars is heartbreaking!), and music (Have you heard anything by Tim McGraw?
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These are hilarious. If you're white, you'll realize just how white you are. I recommend reading the related book as well. My Asian girlfriend loves to make fun of my whiteness, so these are a big hit at my house.
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Christian Lander - with some photographic help from his wife Jessica Lander - has succeeded in transforming into book form his blog site STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE and the result is a compendium of 150 idiosyncrasies that mark white people as a groupie well worth 'mocking'. Lander writes so well that his zingers remain on target while providing entertainment for the reader instead of producing a mockery or lambast too personal to continue. The first clue to his universal approach is the subtitle of the book, 'A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions', and if you don't catch the humor in that then much of the book will be lost on you!

After reading some of the 'Stuff' Lander lists we begin to feel the artifice of Lander's thinking; the long list of everyday items, as defined or described by Lander, spreads in comic relief the pretentiousness, the shallow desire to be 'with it', the countless fads we indulge while denying the commonality of those items, and the way 'white people' are perceived by the world at large - both at home and abroad. It has been said that nothing is funnier than reality and this book proves that statement 150 times - with many more thoughts initiated by the book that extend the depth of comedy in the 'unique tastes' we claim. For instance, one favorite thing to discuss is public transportation, heralded as a big city luxury worth expanding into the little cities, but stopping short when the word 'bus' enters the conversation. 'When it comes to the subject it's best to understand that white people do not recognize public transit as a viable option until a subway line is built that runs directly from their house to their work. Until that time, public transportation is a luxury only for New Yorkers and Europeans, sort of like opera.
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