“Patrice
Evans is The Assimilated Negro, a hyperobservant, savagely pop-savvy instigator
bent on pranking the crap out of our modern racial discourse. Since the debut
of his popular “Ghetto Pass” column for Gawker.com, Evans has been the rare
voice capable of speaking to junkies for both White Castle
and Colson Whitehead with equal insight and aplomb. His first book, Negropedia,
is a wide-ranging, deeply idiosyncratic tour through the tricky racial
landscape of the Obama era, aimed at pop-culture consumers at the intersecting
fan bases of South
Park and Chappelle’s
Show, Scott Pilgrim and The Boondocks. Whether deconstructing Lil Wayne’s “no
homo hypocrisy,” outlining the all-important Clair Huxtable code for finding a
mate, or assessing Susan Sontag’s street cred, Evans provides a stream of
daring outsider anthropology.”
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