Colored Television by Danzy Senna

Ok, the truth be told, there is a lot about satire that I am pretty sure that I do not get, it just goes over my head, and then there is the part where I just don't think it is as funny as other people do. This book is all about racial identity, and in an election cycle that saw a clearly babbling and incoherent candidate who not only questioned the other candidate's racial identity, but he also called her a B---- and a C---, denigrated people of color, simulated oral sex with his mic, and talked about someone else's massive penis, and yes, he is the one who won. So if you are looking at something to laugh about in all that, this might suit you. It has nothing to do with politics, except that it has everything to do with politics. It’s an exceptionally assured novel about trying to find a home and a job in a culture constantly swirling between denigrating racial identity and fetishizing it.