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Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
- Afua Hirsch
You're British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you're from? We are a nation in denial about our imperial past and the racism that plagues our present. Brit(ish) is Afua Hirsch's personal and provocative exploration of how this came to be - and an urgent call for change.
The Good Immigrant
- Nikesh Shuklar
Inspired by discussion around why society appears to deem people of colour as bad immigrants - job stealers, benefit scroungers, undeserving refugees - until, by winning Olympic races or baking good cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over and become good immigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that are poignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary and - most importantly - real.
Loud Black Girls: 20 Black Women Writers Ask: What's Next?
- Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene
An important and timely anthology of black British writing, Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices of twenty established and emerging black British writers.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
- Reni Eddo-Ledge
In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'.
Black and British: A Forgotten History
- David Olusoga
In this vital re-examination of a shared history, award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean.
