![]() ![]() I found some of Akala's lectures and conversations on YouTube interesting, so I decided to buy the audiobook and listen to what he had to say in a wider context. Interesting in parts, but definitely a mixed bag Read by the author making the audiobook a great listening experience. It is up to us all to prove him wrong by greater tolerance and acceptance of our human differences. While Akala is somewhat pessimistic about the future, but as he says himself, we can hope he is proved wrong. ![]() While many will find the reading of many sections uncomfortable and confronting, I recommend just doing it in a spirit of learning and accepting (you don't have to like it, but you need to accept historical realities.). He does this in a very well-argued, substantiated way, focusing on persuading via carefully constructed argumentation and various examples and experiences, his own and others. Its a confronting and challenging read in many places, with Akala carefully, succinctly and eloquently dispelling many myths about race and class. Akala makes a very powerful case about the impact of race, class, education, living conditions, work, music, art and others on colonised people and immigrants, particularly in the United Kingdom but also elsewhere. ![]()
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