dannymason_1's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed each individual part of this, agree with pretty much everything he's saying and really like Akala both as a rapper and a public figure, but I think overall this book was a bit of a victim of its own ambition. I would have enjoyed it more as just a memoir, a political manifesto, a history or a music book, or even any two of those things combined, but the attempt to integrate all of them into one book meant that no individual thread got as much time as I wanted.
mylesburrell's review against another edition
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Cannot fault this. As a black man living in Britain, this book eloquently explains all the things I’ve been trying to say my whole life — with a host of shared experiences too. It’s a mix of biography and social commentary with a dash of British and American history thrown in for good (bad) measure.
Would recommend to anyone trying to educate themselves on racism and societal class.
Would recommend to anyone trying to educate themselves on racism and societal class.
mairead3's review against another edition
5.0
A wonderfully well researched and articulate book! I did have a little issue with the conflation of Hong Kong and China, in the face of British imperialism, toward the end of the book. This conflation brushes over China's imperialisatic behaviour in the 21st Century, and denies Hong Kong the credit for its own successes as a region independent of either imperialist power. However this was mentioned very briefly and the rest of the book was a wonderful insight into race and class struggle in Britain.
crookedrat's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0