The World Record Book of Racist Stori..., Amber Ruffin
The World Record Book of Racist Stori..., Amber Ruffin
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The World Record Book of Racist Stories

Author: Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar

Narrator: Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/22/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A new collection of hilarious, intergenerational anecdotes full of absurd detail about everyday experiences of racism from the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedian Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey.

Families may not always see eye to eye; we get on each other’s nerves, have different perspectives and lives—especially when we consider how we've grown up in different generations. But for the Ruffin family and many others, there has been one constant that connects them: racism hasn’t gone anywhere.

From her raucous musical numbers to turning upsetting news into laughs as the host of The Amber Ruffin Show or in her Late Night with Seth Meyers segments, Amber is no stranger to finding the funny wherever she looks. With equal parts heart and humor, she and her sister Lacey Lamar shared some of the eye-opening and outrageous experiences Lacey had faced in Nebraska in their first book. Now, the dynamic duo makes it clear—Lacey isn’t the only one in the family with ridiculous encounters to share! Amber and Lacey have many more uproarious stories, both from their own lives and the entire Ruffin family.

Recounting the wildest tales of racism from their parents, their siblings, and Amber’s nieces and nephews, this intergenerational look at ludicrous (but all too believable) everyday racism as experienced across age, gender, and appearance will have you gasping with shock and laughter in turn. Validating for anyone who has first-hand experience, and revealing for anyone who doesn’t, Amber and Lacey’s next book helps us all find the absurdity in the pervasive frustrations of racism. Illuminating and packed with love and laughter, this is a must-read for just about everyone. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cari on July 27, 2022

As soon as this book showed up on Edelweiss, I had to grab it. As shocking as Lacey Lamar and Amber Ruffin's racist stories are, most of them are also hilarious. Ruffin is a well-known comedian, and her sister Lacey is just as funny. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey is required reading in......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on March 04, 2025

A must-read and a must-reread. It was funny. It was sad. It was all too true. I've experienced some similar macro/micro aggressions, physical aggressions, police aggressions, racism, and xenophobia. So I have a little bit of a way to empathize. I recognize my experiences are not the same. They are a......more

Goodreads review by Rod on December 12, 2022

This follow-up to You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism overflows with more crappy white people dropping microaggressions and blatant racism by the ton. It's simultaneously funny and horrifying, especially since I moved last year to Omaha, the city where most of the......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on December 31, 2022

Before reading: I am so excited for this!!!!!!!! Which seems wrong somehow... but these two are hilarious! After reading: I read this book in one night. It is as funny as I was hoping, and brutal to read at times. Which is good, because that comes from the honesty at the heart of this book. I’m going......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 12, 2023

As someone else pointed out in their review: it's weird to say that a collection of true stories of terrible racism is a delight . . . yet here we are. Amber and Lacey (and their family and friends) have a way of telling their stories that makes you feel like you are sitting and talking with them, a......more