One of them : an Eton College memoir /
Okwonga, Musa,
One of them : an Eton College memoir / Musa Okwonga. - 216 pages ; 20 cm
Musa Okwonga explores the effect of toxic institutions on Britain's political life through the lens of his time at Eton as a young Black man Musa Okwonga - a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly working-class town - was not your typical Eton College student.The experience moulded him, challenged him. but also made him wonder why a place that was so good for him also seems to contribute to the harm being done to the UK. The more he searched, the more evident the connection became between one of Britain's most prestigious institutions and the genesis of Brexit, and between his home town in the suburbs of Greater London and the rise of the far right.Woven throughout this deeply personal and unflinching memoir of Musa's five years at Eton in the 1990s is a present-day narrative which engages with much wider questions about pressing social and political issues: privilege, the distribution of wealth, the rise of the far right in the UK, systemic racism, the `boys' club' of government and the power of the few to control the fate of the many. One of Them is both an intimate account and a timely exploration of race and class in modern Britain.
9781783529674 (pbk.) : 8.99 4.99
Okwonga, Musa.
Eton College.
Social classes--Great Britain.
Racism--Great Britain.
Society & culture: general
Memoirs
Social discrimination & equal treatment
Politics & government
England
Social classes
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
Society.
Great Britain--Social conditions.
Great Britain--Race relations.
HN400.S6 / O5 2021
305.5092
One of them : an Eton College memoir / Musa Okwonga. - 216 pages ; 20 cm
Musa Okwonga explores the effect of toxic institutions on Britain's political life through the lens of his time at Eton as a young Black man Musa Okwonga - a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly working-class town - was not your typical Eton College student.The experience moulded him, challenged him. but also made him wonder why a place that was so good for him also seems to contribute to the harm being done to the UK. The more he searched, the more evident the connection became between one of Britain's most prestigious institutions and the genesis of Brexit, and between his home town in the suburbs of Greater London and the rise of the far right.Woven throughout this deeply personal and unflinching memoir of Musa's five years at Eton in the 1990s is a present-day narrative which engages with much wider questions about pressing social and political issues: privilege, the distribution of wealth, the rise of the far right in the UK, systemic racism, the `boys' club' of government and the power of the few to control the fate of the many. One of Them is both an intimate account and a timely exploration of race and class in modern Britain.
9781783529674 (pbk.) : 8.99 4.99
Okwonga, Musa.
Eton College.
Social classes--Great Britain.
Racism--Great Britain.
Society & culture: general
Memoirs
Social discrimination & equal treatment
Politics & government
England
Social classes
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
Society.
Great Britain--Social conditions.
Great Britain--Race relations.
HN400.S6 / O5 2021
305.5092