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People Like Us

What It Takes to Make It in Modern Britain

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People Like Us

By: Hashi Mohamed
Narrated by: Hashi Mohamed
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About this listen

Hashi Mohamed came to Britain aged nine, a refugee from the Somali civil war. He attended some of Britain's worst schools and was raised exclusively on state benefits. Yet today he is a successful barrister, with an Oxford degree and a CV that includes appearances on the BBC.

In People Like Us, Hashi explores what his own experience can tell us about social mobility in Britain today. Far from showing that anything is possible, his story's conclusion is far from typical: our country is still riven with deep divisions that block children from deprived backgrounds from accessing the advantages that are handed to others from birth.

Confronting the stark statistics that reveal the depth of the problem, the problems of imagination and confidence that compound it, and offering inspirational advice for those hoping to change their own circumstances, People Like Us is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand modern Britain - and how we could change it for the better.

©2020 Hashi Mohamed (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK Political Science Politics & Government Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking Social justice

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This book is well written, thoughtfully laid out, and contains truths that are difficult to hear, for all the right reasons.

We have to take time to internally confront the systemic, institutional barriers and priveliges that divide people based on inherited circumstances beyond their control, and then begin to value individuals based on what they can offer and contribute, rather than on what we perceive their backgrounds to be.

If you think you already do this 100% of the time, you are likely unaware of the depth of unconscious bias that influences your views on, and participation in, the work needed to improve social mobility in the context of modern Britain. I learned a lot from Hashi's book. I hope I keep on learning.

An important perspective we all need to hear

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A very insightful journey on the challenges and obstacles you face to make it in the most elite professions in Britain. The background story was inspiring and this should be explained to all young children from disadvantaged backgrounds

Insightful and very honest

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This book dissects important issues and barriers that stand in the way of upward mobility. It brings to the forefront under represented topics such as early childhood inequalities, educational inequalities, unconscious bias based on things like race, class, accent, social confidence, dress and mannerisms. It’s an important book for people to read because it addresses the issues that plague our broken society and prevent people from being ‘upwardly mobile’ head on. Offering a realistic starting point for people who want to get on in a society that only works for a small percentage of people.

A book that everyone should read!

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This book should be on the school curriculum. An excellent dissection of todays UK class structure and the barriers it creates for the upwardly mobile. A must read for any working class person that finds themselves within upper or middle class systems struggling to make sense why some things remain intangible and unattainable no matter what.

Excellent

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It was understandable and interesting book. I was able to look on situation here in Europe, in UK and hear other people side on what's happening in countries, where the racism seems to be ignored, where mobility is a thing, where democracy and acceptance is always near. However, is it? I appreciate author's work and ideas and point of view.
Overall it's 5/5, must read.
However, the story is 4/5, it seems a bit jumpy - from schools, to mentoring, from work to schools. Sometimes the carpenters weren't as cohesive as I would like, however, I read the book and it was thought-provoking and sometimes also familiar. I loved the chapter on accents, but it definitely should be another book, because not only an accent is important, but the narratives of right way of speech, and what's the difference then between accents, dialects and speech problems all together?

Thought-provoking

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