Read:"How to Be the Black Employee" by Baratunde Thurston

1. What are the two jobs that The Black Employee is hired to do? Detail specific examples of the duties of Job #2.

2.How does Thurston parody the conventions of business self-help and motivational books? How does he imitate this genre?

3. How does Thurston use comedy effectively to address the sensitive subject matter of race in America? What does comedy allow him to do that a formal criticism could not achieve?

Watch:https://www.ted.com/talks/baratunde_thurston_how_to_deconstruct_racism_one_headline_at_a_time?language=en

1. What did you think about the TEDTalk? Be specific when articulating why you feel this way.

2. How do the texts and reading impact your' thinking of the current political climate?