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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Caribbean arrivals in Britain faced an immediate wave of racism.
Chapter 2: Akala discovered at a young age what it means to be Black in Britain.
Chapter 3: London policing treats crime mainly as a racial matter.
Chapter 4: Black athletic successes are often regarded as an odd anomaly.
Chapter 5: Britain’s role in ending slavery isn’t as straightforward as many think.
Chapter 6: Official narratives don’t align with how many Black Britons remember their past.
Chapter 7: Anti-Black racism takes varied forms in different places.
Description
Natives (2018) melds memoir and polemic to explore race and class in contemporary Britain. Drawing on his own experiences while growing up poor and Black in London in the 1980s and 1990s, musician and writer Akala crafts a vivid portrait of a society that systematically robs Black citizens of opportunities. Why, he asks, is Britain like this? As we’ll see in these blinks, answering that question takes us deep into the history of slavery, empire, and racism.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs
- Radicals and reformers
- Brits and Anglophiles