Jamie Glazov interviews Joseph C. Phillips, whom he describes as
"an actor, writer, lecturer, and social commentator best known for his role on The Cosby Show as the character Denise’s (Lisa Bonet) husband, Lt. Martin Kendall. He has also been on a variety of TV shows and in such films as Strictly Business, Midnight Blue, and Let’s Talk about Sex. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, Los Angeles Daily News, Essence, Upscale and USA Today and his weekly column, "The Way I See It" appears in newspapers around the country. He was also a regular contributor to NPR's Tavis Smiley Radio Show. He is the author of the new book He Talk Like a White Boy."
In the interview Phillips explains the book title:
The title comes from something that happened to me in 8th grade English class and is the story that begins the book. After I had answered a question in class a Black girl from across the room raised her hand and announced, “He talk like a White Boy!” That, as they say, was the beginning of my life. Everything changed for me after that moment. I had never been called an Uncle Tom before, never accused of wanting to be white, Never before assaulted because I raised my hand in class and spoke proper. Of course now that I am writing a weekly column and appearing on radio and television as a commentator the accusation is no longer that I speak like a white boy, but that I think like a white boy.
It's an interesting interview, and the Amazon reviews have been uniformly positive.