The book was published in 2016, the year of the UK referendum, and it concerns itself solely with the BAME community. “Is Nish Kumar a Confused Muslim?” by Nish KumarĪ hilarious essay about how Nish Kumar became a meme (and the assumptions people make about ethnicity )Īn essay relating Kieran Yates’s experience on a visit to PunjabĪ very funny essay about stereotypes and prejudiceīut there’s an issue that is nagging at me that makes it difficult to be objective about this book, and that is its title: The Good Immigrant.“Kendo Nagasaki and Me” by Daniel York LohĪn essay about his childhood passion for watching wrestling on TV (and the problem of representation). But my absolute personal favourites were as follows: The literary quality of all the essays is very high. It was crowdfunded at first, only later drawing the attention of the traditional publishing establishment, which was eager to capitalize on the book’s success. It’s an important book, which has gathered much publicity and critical acclaim in the UK in the past two years, and has drawn attention to a very important subject. As in all essay collections, (they share this strange quality with boxes of chocolates), there are some essays I love to bits, and some that left me with nothing more than a vague sense of appreciation. The Good Immigrant is a collection of 21 essays by BAME (black, Asian, minority ethnic writers) exploring what it’s like to be an ethnic minority in the UK.
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