Amber Ruffin is the host of The Amber Ruffin Show on NBC's streaming service, Peacock, and a writer and cast member on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers. She also amazingly became the first black woman to write for a late-night talk show in American history when she joined Seth's staff in 2014, and was a writer/sometimes performer on HBO's Black Lady Sketch Show.
Lacey Lamar is Amber Ruffin's big sister. She has worked in the healthcare and human service field for more than twenty-five years, thirteen of those working with troubled youth in her community. She volunteers her time and resources to black, brown refugee and indigenous fellow humans in any way she can. Lacey lives in Nebraska with her unbelievable amazing daughter Imani and their 130lb Great Dane Izzy.
"Amber and Lacey have the gift of making you comfortable enough to
laugh at events that will also make you cringe. This book is an
opportunity for black people to know you're not alone in how you've
experienced the world. And for everyone this book is a chance to
see a layer of this world that you might have been blind to. You'll
leave both with a laugh and a little more knowledge."--Roy Wood,
Jr., correspondent, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
"Amber and Lacey hysterically walk us through a minefield of
empirically traumatizing events, finding a way to make us laugh
while weeping for the state of our nation; a place where two
brilliant women are made to feel that somehow it is they who are
missing the mark."--Natasha Lyonne, quadruplethreat, noted
surrealist
"I dare you to read this hilarious and eye-opening book and not
become obsessed with Amber Ruffin."--Mindy Kaling
"If you laugh half as hard as I did at the FIRST story in this
book, let alone the rest of the book, you will have gotten your
money's worth. The stories made me laugh and they made me sad. I
know I'm not the only one to experience these kinds of moments but
it helps to know that someone else-poor little Black Lacey taking
on the lion's share of Nebraska's white ignorance all by her
lonesome- experiences it too. From the mental gymnastics needed to
call a black store dirty then drive out of state in order to avoid
said dirt only to wind up shopping in a sty operating in a white
neighborhood to having the gall to try and holluh at black women on
a dating app when your profile pics have the confederate flag in
them, Amber & Lacey point out how white folks are apparently doing
the most in them parts."--Retta, comedian andactress (Parks &
Recreation, Good Girls)
"The message of this book is for ALL of us and no matter why YOU'RE
here -- perhaps you're a fan of Amber Ruffin's comedy, or a Seth
Meyers' fan, or a personal friend of Lacey's, or maybe you're just
a person browsing for a book that will help you understand the
Black experience in America and the other ones seem too much like
school -- I urge you to BUY THIS BOOK. The stories are delivered
with the humor and horror they deserve. You will laugh, you will be
enraged, and if you are a white person, you will understand more
than you did before about the truth of being Black in America --
even if you thought you understood a lot already because you read
the hard school books."--Busy Philipps, author, actor, white
lady
"Laughter is absolutely healing...[You'll Never Believe What
Happened to Lacey] reminds Black women that they can count on each
other to understand."--PopSugar
"A must-read that will have Black women feeling seen and heard, and
will allow others to better understand the effects of racism. With
YA crossover appeal, this is also an excellent choice for book
clubs."--Library Journal (starred review)
"Both maddening and funny, an eye-opening look at how its daily
targets cope with racism."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Expertly balancing laugh-out-loud humor and descriptions of
deplorable actions...While the writing is consistently funny, the
severity of the racism is never downplayed; Ruffin and Lamar show
the necessity of embracing humor as a coping mechanism...This is an
excellently executed account, rich with vivid insight."--Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
"Featuring the authors' razor-sharp wit and limitless brilliance,
these true tales of injustice are a gift to readers."--Booklist
(starred review)
"The book is a portrait of one person's struggle to maintain
dignity, strength and self-respect when faced with injustices small
and large--all told with Ruffin's irreverent, sardonic
style."--People
"This timely and timeless book is hilarious, insightful,
aggravating and comforting in equal measure."--Salon
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