MIXED FEELINGS
The Complex Lives of Mixed-Race Britons
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
£11.99
'The leading black commentator in the British Media'
Observer
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's new book offers the sharpest and most informed insight yet on mixed-race Britain. Opening with an historical perspective, she traces up to the twenty-first century the reactions - often rabid - to mixed-race relationships, and the influences of imperialism and large-scale immigration. WIth research drawn from coupls, parents and children, she offers unique insight into the stresses as well as the strengths of links across the racial divide. In a penetrating, constantly questioning text, she asks why social policy makers have been so slow to deal with the particular problems of this growing and significant group.
The influence of race on national identity is a crucial current debate and this book gives voice to the issue, addressing difficult dilemmas but also suggesting positive solutions to the often instinctive reactions aroused by the breaking down of old barriers. An essential report into the future of the nation.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
has a weekly column in the Independent and was recently nominated as Journalist of the Year in the BBC Asian Personality of the Year Awards. She has won the EMMA, CRE and Windrush Awards and is the author of The Colour of Love, No Place Like Home, True Colours, Who Do We Think We Are? and After Multiculturalism.
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