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This Is Not America

By: Tomiwa Owolade
Narrated by: Tomiwa Owolade
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 Across the West, racial injustice has become a matter of urgency. Terms like 'critical race theory' and 'intersectionality' are everywhere and, in the rush to get it right, Britain has followed the lead of the world's dominant political power: America. But what if we've been looking in the wrong place?
In This is Not America, Tomiwa Owolade argues that too much of the debate around racism in Britain is viewed through the prism of American ideas that don't reflect the history, challenges and achievements of black communities at home.
Humane, empirical and passionate, this book promises to start a new conversation around race and, vitally, shed light on black British life today.©2022 Tomiwa Owolade (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Emigration & Immigration Europe Politics & Government Social Sciences World Social justice
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I have been waiting for this book to come out ever since I heard about it. It's a really important book, talking about the nuances of racial equality in the UK, and what makes the British scene different from that in the US. This could hardly be more timely or more necessary.

So why not get an actor to read it? I've heard the author speak and I know he doesn't normally sound like this. For some reason, when he reads, he pauses after every word or two. He sounds. Like someone. Doing. A bad. William. Shatner. Impression.

Please, please, hire someone with better delivery and re-record this. I'd like to listen a second time, but I can't concentrate on what I'm hearing because it's so painful.

This is why actors exist

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I am an hour through this important book and on the cusp of giving up. the narration is shocking. surely, in the recording studio someone should have said 'this isn't working'. with all the recording tech we have today, someone could have edited the recording to make it round that the narrator can complete a sentence without pausing after every couple of words! such a shame. I recommend getting someone who can read out loud properly in the studio, re-releasing, and then watching your audiobook sales increase drastically.

shocking narration

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The breath and depth of his research, the experiential and cultural knowledge, his critical incisive analysis.

He should have let an actor narrate

Excellent

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Well written and researched, covering Pan-Africanism, Critical Race Theory and other movements. If you are looking for a sensible, authentic and non-partisan account of Britain, race and any 'culture war' concepts at play in society at the moment then this book is for you. The onesizefitsall activism imported from America is called into question and a genuinely British look at these tensions is what you'll find here. Refreshing and enjoyably hopeful.

I sped up the play back to 1.20x as its read a little slowly, as many reviews here point out.

A truly hopeful book

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Here's the thing, this book is timely, I'd even say important if you want to understand Britain in it's own context. It absolutely deserves to be read & the authors intelligence, insight & flowing prose absolutely leaps out at you, on the page.

The narration spoils a lot of the experience here. I got this for free in the plus catalogue so I'm not mad about it, but it's just such a shame because the bad narration will put a lot of people off & I understand why the author might have decided to chose to read it himself, writing a book it probably feels like it's his life's work & he feels uneasy about handing it over to someone else or given the subject matter maybe he feels a Black British voice needs to read it but as I said, his narration makes it a much harder listen than it otherwise would have been & will make a lot of listeners give up on it.

If you got it here for free like me do stick with it, otherwise get the Kindle or print version & if the author is somehow reading these reviews please do consider rerecording it with a proper voice artist, as a listener I can promise you that it really is worth it.

A timely book that deserves to be read

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