Book HackBrit(ish)By Afua Hirsch
In a Nutshell
British journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch explores how race, gender, and class shape the identities of Black British people today.
Favorite Quote
In Britain, we are taught not to see race. We are told that race does not matter. We have convinced ourselves that if we contort ourselves into a form of blindness, then issues of identity will quietly disappear.
Afua Hirsch
Introduction
Modern-day Britain prides itself on being one of the most culturally diverse places in the world, but the country's dark colonial past is rarely addressed.
With a growing number of British people having immigrant ancestry, the question of what constitutes the British identity is becoming increasingly relevant.
Afua Hirsch is a British-Ghanaian writer, broadcaster, and former barrister, known for her work on race and social justice in media such as the Guardian and the New York Times.
In Brit(ish), Hirsch explores what it means to be Black and British in a society that claims to be post-racial.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
- 1.The experiences of Black Britons are often excluded from public discourse
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