THUG LIFE
How to Be Black
-Deal with prejudice, injustice, and racism
-Never attempt to showcase your intelligence to fellow black people; you’ll be perceived as white
-Don’t try to brush your hair during a traffic stop
-Expect to be told you’re in love with KFC, Kool-Aid, basketball, and welfare
-Anticipate Caucasian counterparts to “empathize” with you if a “Black Lives Matter” protest starts again
-Remember society will always see you as inferior
How to Be White
-Privately talk about black people as objects
-Use a black person’s death as an excuse to get out of school
-Make sure you not only appropriate our culture, but then make it your own
-Always be bad at basketball, and mediocre at football
-Rape someone and swear you didn’t do it; it always works
-No matter if you shoot up an elementary school, you will always be seen as superior
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