"My intent is to examine and challenge the vocabulary and fairness of the world's color bars," says the author—and does so vigorously, saying, "We refuse to be your spiritual Gunga Dins, refuse to wipe your asses with our perfumed spiritual tissues." Arguing for universal multiple citizenship, he decries ethnic and regional stereotyping as a form of continuing colonialism and control. The book also contains an entire chapter on Salman Rushdie, including the time that he, Richard Crasta, was mistaken for Salman Rushdie.

The purpose of publishing this book is to give readers a taste for the full "Impressing the Whites", its humor, and its vigorous language.