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Must See: Watch David Alan Grier Explain 'How to Tell Black People Apart'

David Alan Grier has the remedy for all those plagued by the inability to tell Black celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg and Lil' Wayne apart. 
David Alan Grier Explains 'How to Tell Black People Apart'
David Alan Grier
By Dominique Hobdy · Updated October 27, 2020
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It’s a struggle we’ve seen time and time again; the inability to tell Black people apart. Awkward moments where a successful and fairly well-known Black person is referred to as someone else (i.e. Samuel L. Jackson being mistaken for Laurence Fishburne) happen all too often. 

David Alan Grier has the answer to the phenomena with his new book, How to Tell Black People Apart (It’s not real). Find out how his simple acronym creates an easy solution to the problem.