Let us hope that Owolade’s book marks a turn to a new style of cultural politics: one that revolves around thoughtful analysis and even-handed and temperate argument. Statue-tearing, building renaming, diversity tick-boxing rubbish has not proved fulfilling. While race and racism are both important aspects of modern Britain, the exaggerations and endless Britain-bashing of recent years has wearied us. We’re seeing people’s patience run out with narcissistic activism in general, from extreme trans demands to the ludicrous antics of Just Stop Oil. What has changed? My money is on plain old fatigue and frustration with the puerile and manipulative moaning we’ve been bombarded with over the last few years. Everyone would have been cowering behind their copies of Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race and Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. Owolade’s book has been praised to the skies by many critics and commentators, and sports a dust jacket stuffed with hearty endorsements from the famous.Ī few years ago, in the tense atmosphere following George Floyd’s murder, such a raucous and enthusiastic reception for a book like this, by people of all skin colours, would have been unimaginable. It serves only to harm black British people, reducing them to the colour of their skin. Talk of white privilege, supremacy and systemic racism is wide of the mark in Blighty. While black British people have suffered discrimination, says Owolade, they do not share the grisly American history of racism and violence. The 26-year-old Nigerian-British writer’s new tome argues that the furious discord and racial theories spawned by the American Black Lives Matter movement are not appropriate for Britain. They were there to celebrate the launch of This Is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter by Tomiwa Owolade. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.On Thursday night, the great and the good of the publishing world – and dozens of assorted 20-somethings sporting the look of the young and literary – crowded into Daunt Books, in Holland Park. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page. When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations. We can ship to virtually any address in the world. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item. If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days). You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
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