Book · 2003 · Fiction, humorous
Black No More
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Well I am reading for the second time George Schuler's black no more.
The best things said about it
And he wrote that the book Black no more where you could visit a machine pay $50 and after three a three-day process be turned from black to white and it completely upends society and civilization both in the white community and the black community.
A book from the 1930s that parl reviewed recently in the paper called black No More by George Skyler and it's about a doctor who finds a way to make black people white very quickly.
Why people recommend it
Black No More by George Schuyler is a satirical science fiction novel exploring the societal chaos that erupts when a medical procedure allows Black Americans to magically turn white. Wesley Morris discussed reading this satirical work for a second time on The Book Review during a conversation connecting the dots between Reconstruction and Jim Crow. John Williams also mentioned the 1930s novel on The Book Review, noting that it centers on a doctor who discovers a rapid method to alter skin color. Additionally, Josh Clark discussed George Schuyler's novel on Stuff You Should Know as an early work of afrofuturism, explaining how visiting a machine to pay fifty dollars for a three-day transformation completely upended civilization in both the white and Black communities. Across these podcast discussions, speakers highlighted the book's biting satire and its imaginative exploration of racial identity, societal constructs, and historical American race relations through a speculative lens.
Every mention
Wesley Morris well I am reading for the second time George Schuler's black no more 1
“well I am reading for the second time George Schuler's black no more”
John Williams a book from the 1930s that parl reviewed recently in the paper called black No More by George Skyler and it… 1
“a book from the 1930s that parl reviewed recently in the paper called black No More by George Skyler and it's about a doctor who finds a way to make black people white very quickly”
Josh Clark and he wrote that the book Black no more where you could visit a machine pay $50 and after three a three-da… 1
“and he wrote that the book Black no more where you could visit a machine pay $50 and after three a three-day process be turned from black to white and it completely upends society and civilization both in the white community and the black community”