baratunde on I'm Baratunde Thurston, new co-host of TakePart Live on Pivot TV (and still author of How To Be Black / cofounder of Cultivated Wit). AMA!! - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"SO MANY QUESTIONS I was not a member of Jack & Jill. It wasn't even on the radar of possibility. My family wasn't plugged in to that society, and my only exposure to the group made me highly skeptical. It just felt like better-than-thou-ness. Having not been a member of any such group, I don't know if I can say they're all "antiquated." I get the need to preserve some racial culture in an upper class environment where histories and values can be overwritten. So I guess I'm saying they do have value. Well, look at that! New opinions developing LIVE IN FRONT OF YOU. I not only SAW Dear White People. I have a cameo in it and am friends with the director. I love love love LOVE the movie. If you ever read or held a copy of How To Be Black, you're contractually obligated to see Dear White People. It's in the Terms Of Service you didn't read." - @baratunde