| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Getting over that helpless feeling -- Know thyself: reasons for renting -- Frequently asked questions (FAQ) -- Bring it on: popular approaches -- Tools of the trade: renter resources -- Quickies: impulse renting -- Don't shoot! it's only a rental: a special segment for law enforcement officers -- Sample rental applications -- Getting over that helpless feeling -- How can I tell if I'm being rented? a quiz -- Frequently asked questions (FAQ) -- Walk this way: becoming a successful rental -- Tools of the trade: rental resources -- White noise: common questions you'll have to answer -- Sailing through the stress: wellness techniques -- Cash or check only: charging for your services -- There are rentals I remember-- stories from the field -- Through the looking glass: the future of renting a Negro -- Dear Negro: letters to rent-a-negro.com |
| Summary |
A hilarious and satirical look at race relations that is almost too close for comfort, this pseudo-guidebook gives both renters and rentals much-needed advice and tips on technique. Reframing actual stories, techniques, requests, and responses gathered from the author's more than 30 years of research and experience, tips are provided in step-by-step outlines for renters to get the most for their money, and how rentals can become successful and wealthy, what they should wear, and topics of conversation to avoid. The book also serves up photo-dramatizations of some of the popular approaches covered in the book, handy tip-boxes, frequently asked questions for renters and rentals, a How do I know if I'm being rented quiz, a glossary of important terms, and quickie insta-rentals for those who need to rent on the go. Punctuated by quotes from former renters, and featuring rental diaries based on real encounters, this satire shocks and amuses, presenting a strikingly stark mirror of human relationships |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- -- Humor
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Satire.
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American wit and humor.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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HUMOR -- Form -- Parodies.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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American wit and humor
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Race relations
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Satire
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Soziale Situation
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- Humor
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United States
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Schwärze
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Humor
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Humoristische Darstellung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1556526458 |
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9781556526459 |
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