{"product_id":"good-the-black-and-the-boujee","title":"Good, the Black and the Boujee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A significant piece of work' \u003c\/b\u003eDiane Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rigorous and fearless development and dissection of the Black Middle Class in Britain'\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Owusu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark portrait of modern Britain, \u003ci\u003eThe Good, the Black and the Boujee\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of 'black excellence'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom broadcasters and lawyers to content creators, actors and politicians, black professionals appear to have become leaders of Britain's most visible, profitable and culture-defining industries. Yet educated black professionals say racism is entrenched and rising to the top has never been harder. So what is going on? How have they ascended? At what expense? And what does the expansion of a black middle class mean for all black people in Britain? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNational correspondent Symeon Brown has undertaken the largest known data study of Britain's black middle class and elite to compile a social history and critique of the new black middle class. With style, depth and an incisive eye, Brown unravels the web of class and gender that shapes black Britain today and reconciles the cultural and political conversations surrounding black British identity with the present reality. Whether dissecting the preference of educated black women to be single, the rise of black Conservative power brokers or how the triumph and assimilation of black elites mask the barriers facing the black working class, Brown renders visible the psychological and material cost of class aspiration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a simple portrait of class in motion, \u003ci\u003eThe Good, the Black and the Boujee \u003c\/i\u003eis a forensic study of how race, capital and identity entwine - and what's lost, gained and discovered through social mobility.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56107929633112,"sku":"9780349702490","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780349702490.jpg?v=1781083819","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/good-the-black-and-the-boujee","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}