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The Identity Myth: Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality

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David Swift's warning to white anti-racists everywhere - your activism may be doing more harm than good.

2021 saw the rise of anti-racism, as white people sought to be better allies to people of colour. However, well-meaning white activists have unknowingly been perpetuating the very ideas they claim to be fighting against.

NeoOrientalism is an exaggeration of racial difference, and something that many activists are unconsciously promoting. In this rousing and invaluable read, David Swift urges his fellow white activists to reflect on their behaviour, revealing how our well-meaning language and political arguments are feeding NeoOrientalism and further widening the chasm of racial inequality.

Author: Swift David
Publisher: CONSTABLE
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780349135359
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2022

David Swift is a historian and writer based in London who specialises on the history and contemporary politics of the British Left, in particular in relation to race, class, gender and popular culture. He has researched and taught at several universities in the UK and abroad. His first book, A Left for Itself, was released by the radical publisher Zero Books in 2019.


Swift has written on the state of the Left for a variety of traditional and digital media including The TimesIndependentLabourList, Fabian Review, Progress OnlineSpectatorJewish ChronicleUnHerd, and The Critic.

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