5/7/2023 0 Comments The good immigrant authors![]() ![]() Here are some of them, all together in one book, doing what they do best. When we talked about the need for better representation in UK publishing, people would ask, "But where are the writers?" Nikesh's answer to that (patronizing, incurious) question was The Good Immigrant. When we conceived of the project, it was about trying to diversify publishing. Each piece was bright and rich and necessary. Journalist Bim Adewunmi broke down what we mean when we talk about "tokenism." Actor and playwright Daniel York Loh spoke sadly of discovering that his only East Asian hero, a masked wrestler called Kendo Nagasaki, was actually a white guy. Actor Riz Ahmed talked about performing as a brown Muslim man, not only in auditions but every time he goes through airport security. In 2016 we put out The Good Immigrant, a collection of essays by twenty-one British writers of color who spoke about race and immigration. ![]()
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