{"product_id":"not-so-black-and-white-by-kenan-malik-9781805260097","title":"Not So Black and White","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful new history of the idea of race, forcing us to rethink today's culture wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIs white privilege real? Does American history begin in 1619 or 1776? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? How racist is the working class? Who benefits most, when anti-racists speak in racial terms? These very different questions have all emerged from today's heated debates around race, identity, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot So Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e offers that clarity by taking the long view, explaining the real origins of 'race' in Western thought, and tracing its path from those beginnings to today's fractious world. In doing so, the book upends many accepted views about race, identity, whiteness, and privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeading thinker Kenan Malik interweaves three narratives: the history of the idea of race, from the Enlightenment to the present; the historical and current relationship between race and class; and his account of how we created a world riven by identity politics. Through these histories, he challenges longstanding assumptions, revealing forgotten stories of a racialised working class, and questioning fashionable concepts like cultural appropriation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot So Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e is both a lucid history that rewrites the story of race and class, and an elegant polemic making an anti-racist case against the politics of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833369776364,"sku":"9781805260097","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20615273482830.jpg?v=1758454263","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/not-so-black-and-white-by-kenan-malik-9781805260097","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}