5/11/2023 0 Comments The good immigrant authors![]() “Bad” immigrants are “job-stealers” or “benefit-scroungers” or, worse, potential terrorists. A black or Asian Olympic gold medallist or the winner of a reality TV programme is considered a “good” immigrant by a host nation wanting sporting success or culinary entertainment. It’s a kind of unspoken deal at the heart of multiculturalism that immigrants are perceived to be “good” or “bad”. ![]() ![]() In 21 essays by black, Asian and minority ethnic writers working across literature and the media, the book highlights the standards by which immigrants – first or second generation, refugees and asylum seekers – are either accepted into, or judged to be apart from, a dominant culture determined by whiteness. ![]() A ccording to its editor Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant is “a document of what it means to be a person of colour” in Britain today. ![]()
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