The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla, Darren Chetty, Sarah Sahim, Bim Adewunmi, Riz Ahmed, Varaidzo, Vinay Patel, Coco Khan, Chimene Suleyman, Himesh Patel, Daniel York Loh, Kieran Yates, Salena Godden, Inua Ellams, Nish Kumar, Vera Chok, Musa Okwonga, Wei Ming Kam, Sabrina Mahfouz, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Miss L.

The Good Immigrant

Nikesh Shukla, Darren Chetty, Sarah Sahim, Bim Adewunmi, Riz Ahmed, Varaidzo, Vinay Patel, Coco Khan, Chimene Suleyman, Himesh Patel, Daniel York Loh, Kieran Yates, Salena Godden, Inua Ellams, Nish Kumar, Vera Chok, Musa Okwonga, Wei Ming Kam, Sabrina Mahfouz, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Miss L.

254 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? Or be told that, as an actress, the part you're most fitted to play is `wife of a terrorist'? How does it feel to have words from your native langua...

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