Let’s Make a Deal
In the author’s note of Mateo Askaripour’s debut novel Black Buck, he asks the reader to do three things: “1) Let down your guard and open your mind to what I’m going to tell you. 2) Understand that I want all people to be successful, but…I’m starting with Black people…If you’re not Black, but you have this book in your hands, I want you to think of yourself as an honorary Black person. 3) Say, ‘Every day is deals day,’ and clap your hands. And when you do, think of the number one thing you’re working toward.”