Brit(ish) : on race, identity and belonging / Afua Hirsch.
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TextPublisher: London : Vintage, 2018Description: 367 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781784705039 (paperback) :Subject(s): Group identity -- Great Britain | National characteristics, British | Society | Society | Great Britain -- Race relations | Great Britain -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.8'00941 Summary: You're British. Your parents are British. You were raised in Britain. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking you where you are from? 'Brit(ish)' is about a search for identity. It is about the everyday racism that plagues British society. It is about our awkward, troubled relationship with our history. It is about why liberal attempts to be 'colour-blind' have caused more problems than they have solved. It is about why we continue to avoid talking about race. Afua Hirsch explores a very British crisis of identity. We are a nation in denial about our past and our present. We believe we are the nation of abolition, but forget we are the nation of slavery. We are convinced that fairness is one of our values, but that immigration is one of our problems. 'Brit(ish)' is the story of how and why this came to be, and an urgent call for change.
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| 305.800941 GOR Racism and discrimination in Britain : a select bibliography, 1970-83 / | 305.800941 HIR Black British white British : a history of race relations in Britain / | 305.800941 HIR Brit(ish) : on race, identity and belonging / | 305.800941 HIR Brit(ish) : on race, identity and belonging / | 305.800941 HIR Brit(ish) : on race, identity and belonging / | 305.800941 LOO Loosen the shackles: first report of the Liverpool 8 Inquiry into race relations in Liverpool / | 305.800941 MAS Race and ethnicity in modern Britain / |
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
You're British. Your parents are British. You were raised in Britain. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking you where you are from? 'Brit(ish)' is about a search for identity. It is about the everyday racism that plagues British society. It is about our awkward, troubled relationship with our history. It is about why liberal attempts to be 'colour-blind' have caused more problems than they have solved. It is about why we continue to avoid talking about race. Afua Hirsch explores a very British crisis of identity. We are a nation in denial about our past and our present. We believe we are the nation of abolition, but forget we are the nation of slavery. We are convinced that fairness is one of our values, but that immigration is one of our problems. 'Brit(ish)' is the story of how and why this came to be, and an urgent call for change.
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