![]() ![]() In the chapter Linford’s lunchbox, he writes a powerful critique of the British narrative around black sporting achievement. He talks about his 'rise' through the socio-economic classes and how he has still been stopped and searched twice in the last 5 years, because the police don't believe he could drive such an expensive car or live in the 'posh' area that he does now. ![]() You just blame the West for all of the world's problems. You are trying to blame me for what my ancestors did. ![]() You just hate Britain, you are anti-British.īut what about (insert any injustice here) You should be grateful that you have free speech. Well, why don't you go back to Africa then? (even if you are from the Caribbean) Why don't you just go back to where you came from? Why can't you get over it? It's all in the past. If we don't talk about it (racism) it will go away. He breaks down the straw man arguments often used against people who try to discuss race in Britain and I identified many of them from personal experience: Akala speaks about his early life and we learn about the overt racism he experienced at school and at the hands of the police with their racist profiling of stop and search. ![]()
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