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No Win Race: A Story of Belonging, Britishness and Sport Hardcover – 16 May 2019

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A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

A FINANCIAL TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Personal, political, powerful and about so much more than race and sport.’
Bernadine Evaristo

In the eighties, black footballers emerged from the dressing room to find bananas being hurled from the stands. But the abuse didn’t stop at the full-time whistle – racial harassment in sport mirrored the experience of many in society.

As a kid from the East End, Derek Bardowell found solace in the success of black athletes. It is what bonded three generations of his family. Yet even now, success on the field seldom converts to power or justice away from it.

No Win Race is Bardowell‘s deeply personal exploration into the complexities and biases implicit in being black in Britain, told through the prism of sport. Covering the period between the Brixton ‘riots’ and Brexit, this visceral, powerful book is for those who want an honest insight into UK race relations, and for anyone who understands that sport is more than just a game.

‘This searching exploration uses sports to examine questions of race and identity … Bardowell does an excellent and passionate job of refracting the issues within sport – the dearth of black football managers, the lack of activism from black athletes who have made it into the spotlight – into wider society.’ Financial Times

‘A painful reflection of racism in British sport … Bardowell ably demonstrates the power of the media to determine the narratives around these sporting lives. He flags up the false binaries often promoted between good (patriotic) and bad (self-centred) black sportswomen and men … it’s a valuable act of remembrance of sporting stars who put their careers on the line in pursuit of a moral right.’ Observer

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320 pages
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English
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Mudlark
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16 May 2019
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15.9 x 2.9 x 24 cm
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0008305137
ISBN-13

978-0008305130
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Publisher : Mudlark (16 May 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008305137
ISBN-13 : 978-0008305130
Dimensions : 15.9 x 2.9 x 24 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 431,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 910 in History of Sports (Books)
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About the Author

Derek A. Bardowell is a writer, philanthropy adviser and former director of programmes at the Stephen Lawrence Trust and Laureus Sport for Good. He has contributed to BBC World Service, The Source, and MTV, and he currently hosts the podcast Just Cause, exploring the intersections of race, culture and social justice. His first book, No Win Race was a Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year and longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 2019. Derek is a Churchill Fellow.
Twitter: @DerekABard

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Sports and Politics and Race inextricably linked

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2019

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Bardowell's book is moving, meticulous and mindful: he skilfully recollects how the rules of sports were very often bent to the point where they must break - just to satisfy our society's unfortunate habit of judging people by race.

This isn't to say there aren't moments of joy in the book too - as there are many. Recollections of Muhammad Ali in his prime, the West Indian Cricket team in its heyday and John Barnes' resilience will make your innards clench all over again.

For me, what works so well is Bardowell's approach: 'No Win Race' is very much a personal journey of how important sports and politics and perceptions of race helped to shape him. We understand why, growing up in the notoriously racist Newham in the 70s, he supported Minter over Hagler, preferred chips to Mum's rice'n'peas. The book follows a fascinating journey and we understand why a love of sports unites father, son and grandson.

A phenomenal and moving read.

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Thought Provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2019

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I bought this book after after listening to Derek on Radio 5 Live interview.Even though the author is a few years younger than me it highlights the issues that are being faced first and second generation children of a African/Caribbean Dispora. It asks the question will this generation have to deal with discrimination due to colour of their skin even though we live in 21st century. Unfortunately we still live in a country that sees colour first.The book looks at sport and life and how they mirror each other and how the two are inseparable.

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Jim Minton

An important perspective on sport and on modern Britain

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This is an enjoyable, fascinating and important book. I am of the same generation as the author, having also grown up in Britain in the seventies and eighties. I remember therefore many of the sporting events - and players - that he describes: the great West Indies cricketing sides of those decades; footballers like Ian Wright in his prime, and also lesser celebrated ones like George Parris; the basketball pioneers of the early Channel 4 days; and most prominently in this book, the great boxers and their seminal confrontations . As a sports mad kid I felt I knew these men, because I watched them and read about their exploits on the back pages of the newspapers. But whereas my intepretation of their highs and lows was pretty much driven by the mainstream narratives of the media, Bardowell, through recounting his own perspective and experience, shows how sport and society treated these athletes in a different - and often very unflattering - light. He shows us how black athletes were expected to adhere to different - higher - standards; were criticised for 'politicising' sport, when their whole experience of prejudice and discrimination was demanding a response. He is scathing about these double standards; angry about the deliberately excluding nature of mainstream sport - recounting how his first (football) love for his local team, West Ham, was marred by the intolerance of their fans. He refers occasionally to Akala, who similarly chronicled a black London upbringing, and for me, No Win Race stands comparison with Natives: while sport is its framework, the book is really a commentary on post imperial Britain, and its adjustment to the place it is today. Bardowell's is a very human, personal book - the strength of the bond that sport created between him and his father is captured beautifully. As is the frustration and fury the author feels as he - like the sporting stars he reveres - also experiences the racism of the school yard and work place. Anyone who enjoys sport, and wants to understand it from an important perspective, would enjoy this book. It is challenging; but measured, clear and warm. And a real contribution to understanding what makes Britain what it is today.

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Important, tender and insightful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2019

I'm not a big sports fan but I loved this book. It beautifully observes bonds between fathers and sons through the generations, looks at painful experiences of racism, vividly describes migration stories, analyses themes of identity and belonging in Britain, all through the window of sport. It made me think about sport in a whole new way, its overall importance in the lives of nations, and the way the writer actually describes sporting moments is so graceful and exact. A brilliant book and looking forward to more from this author.

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paul wooding

Interesting read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2020

A very interesting book, giving a perspective on a life experience far different from my own yet, astonishingly, within the very same country and not even far apart geographically - which obviously highlights our diversity. Would recommend.

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