Writing about race, class and empire in Brexit Britain

Where attacks against immigrants and Muslims are apparently the new normal.

Abbey | The Open Bookshelf
The Open Bookshelf
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2 min readFeb 27, 2020

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Natives by Akala (2018) published by Hodder & Stoughton (Hachette Book Group)

Studies by several top UK universities, themselves suffering after loosing thousands of EU academics to Brexit, have found a dramatic rise in racially-motivated hate crimes since the 2016 referendum.

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Abbey | The Open Bookshelf
The Open Bookshelf

Specialist in modern authoritarianism, feminist, political scientist in progress (PhD). Everyday academia, low-brow, no jargon/acronyms/obscure Latin.