The list ballooned to include organic food, fair-trade coffee, indie music, Apple products and vintage T-shirts, presumably worn with irony. The Web site "Stuff White People Like" soon attracted about 300,000 hits a day. Lander thought this conversation would be a funny idea for a blog. The two then began to wonder what white people were doing instead of watching the show. His friend said that he didn't trust any white people who didn't watch the show. The book began life as a conversation over instant messenger between Christian Lander (who's white) and a friend (who's Filipino) about the genius HBO television series The Wire. The title Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions is obviously designed to provoke. Each week, we present leading authors of fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their work. Race 'Stuff White People Like' Hits A Nerveīook Tour is a Web feature and podcast.
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