“It’s a Black Thang Maybe”: Satirical Blackness in Percival Everett’s Erasure and Adam Mansbach’s Angry Black White Boy

This chapter explores the representations of black masculinity in two novels, Percival Everett’s Erasure and Adam Mansbach’s Angry Black White Boy. By reading these particular texts side by side, this chapter demonstrates that even in the absence of signifiers, the stereotype of the black male criminal is pervasive. Similarly, this chapter explores how Mansbach makes whiteness visible, highlighting its attendant racialization and unspoken privilege.