![]() 5)Īs the quote from David Olusoga on the front of this book says, it’s “Part biography, part polemic”. I did not particularly want to spend a portion of a lifetime studying these issues, it was not among my ambitions as a child, but I was compelled upon this path very early. I did not know what race and class supposedly were but the world taught me very quickly, and the irrational manifestations of its privileges forced me to search for answers. ![]() I was not born with an opinion of the world but it clearly seemed that the world had an opinion of people like me. In the meantime, I hope everyone else who is doing 20 Books of Summer/Winter is having fun working through their books!Īkala – “Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire” ![]() By June, the TBR should have calmed down a bit from then, and there is room for some newcomers! I look forward to reporting the results of this year’s Splurge soon. ![]() I bought this with my Book Token Splurge in June 2020 and rather aptly, today and yesterday I placed my orders for this year’s Book Token Splurge (the reason I do this mid-year is because I happily receive a lot of book tokens at Christmas and birthday but then also a lot of books. My fourth 20BooksofSummer read and I’m getting on well with my First Two Months of Diversity with this bright and provocative take on British culture, race and politics. ![]()
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