Really the book/blog should be called "People Who Try Too Hard". Still, there's a lot of great humour in here, especially when he hits on some stereotypes that are almost undeniable. It's never done in a truly cruel way. Though it's technically racial humour it's aimed at the group the suffers the least, white people! I guarantee that reading through this you'll stop at least once or twice and think "I TOTALLY know that guy/girl". At some point, "Stuff White People Like" is stuff white people like. The fact that the joke is meta and clearly indicates a superior kind of white person isn't sufficient to outweigh the problem that the book really isn't all that funny.Pointing out Trader Joe and IKEA as things that white people like, for example. This has been done. By everyone. For all time. It's so old you couldn't give it away.Hummus. White people like hummus. And whole wheat bread. There's nothing you couldn't say white people like in this way -- clam chowder, cupcakes, thai food, piroshki... at what point does it come down to "white people have money and so can buy different kinds of food?" It's too damn easy.
What do You think about Whiter Shade Of Pale (2010)?
Sharp, humorous critique of 20 and 30-something white folk like myself.
—Amer
Liked it. There is a grain of truth in every short entry.
—nathan
Meaner-spirited and less funny than the original.
—TheReaderWoxy
