Hey, it's NPR's book of the day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. An enslaved black man named Nathan

Nearest Green taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey. It's a simple fact, and it's not a hidden one.

It's on the whiskey brand's official website, but it's a fact I didn't know. And, you know, I've had my

fair share of Jack Daniels. And this is sort of the

point today's author, Omicongo D'Binga, is making with his book, lies about black people.

There are all these stereotypes and hidden truths about black people in this country that

it's a nearly impossible endeavor to undo all of them. There's actually a really funny

moment in this interview

with Hironadsdiaba Fernandez, where Dabinga says he originally wrote this book for, you know,

white suburbanides with their Black Lives Matter signs hanging on their walls and all that,

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