![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'd highly recommend this, it helped me to understand why racism is such a problem today, where it's roots lie and why it won't just go away if we ignore it. I always enjoy audiobooks more when read by the author and Akala does a great job of taking you through his book in a lively and passionate manner which certainly adds to the personal accounts raised by the author. This goes beyond the obvious incidents of racism, such as overt name calling and racially motivated violence and in to the far more damaging and covert world of institutional racism that exists within not only the nations institutions of power but in peoples subconscious thoughts and actions. This book is both an excellent account of the experiences of a mixed race boy growing up in 80's/90's London as well as a dig deeper in to the Empirical history of England and how that has shaped the nations views on race and colour and how they continue to manifest themselves today. I always felt that Akala was able to cut straight to the heart of whatever matter was being discussed and have been a keen follower of him since. A Very Interesting and Challenging Listenīeing a big fan of Frankie Boyle I've seen a number of Akala's appearances on his panel style show. ![]()
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