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I watched a [http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/Videos-Podcasts/Why-did-Trump-win-Overcoming-Class-Cluelessness-in-America podcast] the other day at the LSE by an American legal scholar and she said that she felt black Americans have an instinctive understanding of structural inequality that white Americans simply do not. I think this is also true of Britain, despite our obsession with class, and I think we also will do well to turn to the contributions of black and Asian writers and performers to understand not just race but also politics, identity and the mechanisms that create the society we live in and the cultural riches that rise up to interrogate them.
For lay readers, there is a lot of academic lingo in ''The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature'' and its essays will sometimes feel rather opaque. But it's well worth the effort because the result is to see and consider the literary contribution of black and Asian communities as central to the British cultural landscape, not an adjunct to it. I found it interesting, challenging, and impactful. In this, it is an important volume, and a valuable resource. I found it interesting, challenging, and impactful. So thanks to [[http://twitter.com/BlackWriteGold @BlackWriteGold]] for the opportunity to read it.
Recommended.
