Margaret Casely-Hayford

Black Britons betrayed

Racism in Britain may be less acute than in America or even France, but the false promises made to the Windrush generation have left a bitter aftermath

The Empire Windrush arrivies from Jamaica in 1948. [Getty Images]

  • This is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter

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    Atlantic Books, pp. 336, £18

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