Brit(ish)
On Race, Identity and Belonging
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Publisher Description
From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today.
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 book for our divided and dangerous times'
David Olusoga
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Afua Hirsch has long lived with the feeling that she doesn’t belong in her own country. Born to a Ghanaian-British mother and white Jewish father, the journalist and broadcaster has experienced a Britain which “surveyed me as an alien, questioned me about my background, and expected me to provide explanations”. Here, she presents an immensely thought-provoking portrait of a nation struggling with its identity and history—a land reluctant to confront its attitudes to race, privilege and prejudice. This challenging and necessary study is made all the more compelling by personal anecdotes and a sharp wit that she readily turns on herself.
