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Natives : race and class in the ruins of empire

By: Publication details: London : Two Roads (John Murray), 2018Description: 343pISBN:
  • 9781473661233
  • 9781473661219
  • 9781473661226
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • ZZ 3
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Born in the 1980s -- Interlude: A guide to denial -- 2. The day I realised my Mim was white -- 3. Special nees? -- 4. Linford's lunchbox -- 5. Empire and slavery in the British memory -- 6. Scotland and Jamaica -- 7. Police, peers and teenage years -- 8. Why do white people love Mandela? Why do conservatives hate Castro? -- 9. The Ku Klux Klan stopped crime by killing black people -- 10. Britain and America -- 11. The decline of whiteness, the decline of race? (or the end of capitalism)?
Summary: From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, "Natives" will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.
List(s) this item appears in: SLaM Library Black History Month and anti-racism books | Stenhouse Black History Month | LGT Libraries - EDI - Multicultural Inclusion | Croydon Health Services Exploring Race and Ethnicity EDI Collection | Homerton: Diverse Perspectives reading list | Stenhouse Library - Diversity | Whittington Equalities and Inclusion Collection | LGT Libraries - EDI Collection
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Book CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves HM200 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available NE10206
Book Croydon Health Services Library Shelves EDI collection Exploring Race H91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CR0000011445
Book Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Library Shelves ZZ 3 AKA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available W0006556
Book Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves HM 330 AKA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 03/11/2020 17387
Book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves People & planet ZZ 3 AKA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 023567
Book Stenhouse Library Shelves HT 1521 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available S04061
Book Whittington Health Library Shelves DIV AKA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0001771X

1. Born in the 1980s -- Interlude: A guide to denial -- 2. The day I realised my Mim was white -- 3. Special nees? -- 4. Linford's lunchbox -- 5. Empire and slavery in the British memory -- 6. Scotland and Jamaica -- 7. Police, peers and teenage years -- 8. Why do white people love Mandela? Why do conservatives hate Castro? -- 9. The Ku Klux Klan stopped crime by killing black people -- 10. Britain and America -- 11. The decline of whiteness, the decline of race? (or the end of capitalism)?

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, "Natives" will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.

User comment on 10/10/2019

It's a blockbuster! It will transform your view.

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