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Imagining the New Britain Paperback – 2 May 2001

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"This is a painful, wise and thoughtful book by a fine writer....Alibhai-Brown is totally opposed to injustice and wedded to the ideal of multicultural identity, yet her argument is complex."
-"The Independent (London)
"Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is the leading female commentator in the British media...She is a first, highly articulate draft of a new kind of Briton."
-"The Observer (London)
"A significant contribution to the conversation about the "new" Britain.."
-"Times Literary Supplement

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There is a gap between the Britain that most people imagine and the Britain that really is. Myth: The Royal Family, fish and chips, Shakespeare. Reality: multicultural families, curry, Zadie Smith. The New Britain is a multicultural society, where there are more biracial couples than in any other western nation, and where Islam is the fastest-growing religion. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown investigates this new multiculturalism in post-colonial Britain. Drawing on her own experiences, wide research, and over one hundred interviews, Alibhai-Brown offers a fresh look at such topics as racism, imperialism, immigration, and identity politics. Imagining the New Britain offers a startling portrait of the vastly changing face of British citizenship and identity.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Thought Provoking 5 Aug. 2001
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`Imagining the New Britain' is a very intelligent look at the racial climate in Britain today. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown looks at the history of ethnic minorities in Britain and then goes on to highlight the many inadequacies in our society which still permits racial inequality to be a major issue and problem.
Her chapters on history, politics, the press and education are truly first-rate. But she never really gets to grips with the problems of the visual media and her chapters on feminism seem a little confused and contradictory (which, in fact, is probably a reflection of the current state of feminism).
I'd encourage everyone to give these wise and important insights a read. If everyone were to take on board the lessons that Alibhai-Brown has to teach then we really could begin to change society for the better.
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