The good immigrant /
ed. Nikesh Shukla.
- 1st ed.
- 254 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Namaste / A guide to being black / My name is my name / Yellow / Kendo Nagasaki and me / Window of opportunity / Is Nish Kumar a confused Muslim? / Forming blackness through a screen / Beyond 'good' immigrants / 'You can't say that! Stories have to be about white people' / On going home / Flags / Cutting through (on black barbershops and masculinity) / Wearing where you're at: immigration and UK fashion / Airports and auditions / Perpetuating casteism / Shade / The wife of a terrorist / What we talk about when we talk about tokenism / Death is a many-headed monster / The ungrateful country / Nikesh Shukla -- Varaidzo -- Chimene Suleyman -- Vera Chok -- Daniel York Loh -- Himesh Patel -- Nish Kumar -- Reni Eddo-Lodge -- Wei Ming Kam -- Darren Chetty -- Kieran Yates -- Coco Khan -- Inua Ellams -- Sabrina Mahfouz -- Riz Ahmed -- Sarah Sahim -- Salena Godden -- Miss L -- Bim Adewunmi -- Vinay Patel -- Musa Okwonga.
"21 writers explore what it means to be black, Asian & minority ethnic in Britain today."--Dust jacket.