My Observer column today on Hanif Kureishi and his cultural significance.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/hanif-kureishi-helped-liberate-british-asians-from-their-imposed-identities
Kenan Malik
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I am a writer, lecturer, occasional broadcaster, equally occasional photographer, Observer columnist. Next book: Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics (published by Hurst, Jan 2023). “A precious provocation”, Paul Gilroy. “A magical accomplishment”, Remi Adekoya. “Deeply thoughtful, learned and brave”, Wendy Brown. “This book gives me hope”, Thomas Chatterton Williams.
My Observer column (from yesterday) on the debate over the Twitter Files
#twitter #twitterfiles #freespeech #shadowbanning #ElonMusk #fbi #censorship
Merry Christmas all. No Observer today, so no column. Instead, a photo of one of Keith New's modernist stained glass windows in the baptistry of All Hallows by the Tower, London.
#christmas #stainedglass #keithnew #modernism #churches #londonchurches #london
My Observer column this week on the immigration and asylum debate in Britain in the wake of the migrant deaths in the English Channel last week
#immigration #refugees #britain #deportations #offshoring #migrantdeaths #suellabraverman #deterrence #channelmigrants #rwandapolicy
My Observer column today (part of which I did not write)
#ai #ChatGPT #misinformation #disinformation #bullshitting #Observer
So, this has arrived. In bookshops from 5 Jan.
#NotSoBlackandWhite #Kenan Malik #books #race #history #identitypolitics
You can pre-order from all the usual places. In Britain: Bookshop, Hive, Waterstones, Book Depository, Blackwell's, Amazon, Foyle's. In America: Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Powell's, Amazon, Tattered Cover, Schuler. In Australia: Angus & Robertson, Dymocks, Amazon. Or, best of all, order it at your local independent bookshop.
New book out Jan 2023 (https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/not-so-black-and-white/)
"Unsettles the absurdities, pieties and default settings of contemporary race-talk"
Paul Gilroy
"Magical... at once nuanced and gripping"
Remi Adekoya
"Brilliant... If you want to read just one book on modern racism, this is the one"
Vivek Chibber
"Deeply thoughtful, learned and brave work"
Wendy Brown
"The book you need to read about contemporary politics"
Selina Todd
"This book fills me with hope"
Thomas Chatterton Williams
