Stuff White People Book Report

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In “Stuff White People Like” Christian Lander, who is the author describes a select group of people who he calls “white people” and what they like to do. It is essentially a look into their lives while creating a book of lists based off his many experiences. It is a cultural representation on some sort of platform for them, Lander explains in an interview that he came about this idea when he and a friend were text messaging back and forth, His peer then said “I don’t trust any white person who doesn’t watch the show ‘The Wire’ which prompted Lander to ask “So what do they do then” and that’s where they began to brainstorm various ideas and posted them on a website called wordpress.com, which then started to blow up from there on out. I would say the target group for the things that Lander is talking about would be middle to upper class, more of the latter. These white people that Lander is…show more content…
Many questions will arise from this such as how does StuffWhitePeopleLike portray us as the other. That can be answered in a way of looking at the context of the book and figuring out who the “us” is. The people that Lander would be referring too are of course, white people who partake in such activities described in his book. Some of the people that relate to the book most likely have a sense of humor due to how many things they actually do. The “us” can be answered in a very simple way, if you relate to what the context of the book offers, then you can situate yourself into that category. As noted in the course “Self-Presentation is emitting signs referring to one’s perception by others, i.e. is a socially important mode of communication.” (Lecture 8). How we present ourselves is key to how others view us, and in Lander’s case he portrays what white people based off his life experiences and things that he went through. Another excerpt that we’ve learned in class is that “Culture is a process of communication” (Lecture 7) as when you can relate things to one
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