Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong about Ethnic Minorities

by Rakib Ehsan

Overview

Beyond Grievance highlights the growing tensions between the liberal cosmopolitanism which defines much of the British political Left, and the patriotic faith-based conservatism that runs deep in many of Britain's ethnic-minority communities. With American-style racial identity politics taking root in the UK, the book argues that many liberal-leftists are disregarding the attachments to the traditional triad of faith, family and flag in historically Labour-voting, ethnic-minority communities.

Rakib Ehsan argues that Britain needs a robust civic patriotism which understands that a stable family unit is the finest form of social security known to humankind; a cultural arrangement which appreciates that faith is a vital source of strength and optimism across a diversity of communities. Providing a much-needed corrective to the toxic mixture of tribal identity politics and radical cultural liberalism on the modern British Left, the book presents the case for an inclusive 'social-justice traditionalism' rooted in family, security, and equality of opportunity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800751057
Publisher:	Forum
Publication date:	06/15/2023
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr Rakib Ehsan is a research analyst and writer who specialises in matters of social cohesion, race relations and public security. His research has been published by a number of think-tanks – the Henry Jackson Society, Policy Exchange, the Runnymede Trust and the Intergenerational Foundation, as well as the Mackenzie Institute in Canada. He has written for publications including the Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Scotsman, The Jewish Chronicle, Sp!ked, UnHerd, The Critic, The Times Red Box and CapX.

A regular guest on GB News and TalkTV, Rakib has also featured on Sky News, BBC Newsnight, BBC Sunday Morning Live and ITV's Good Morning Britain (GMB). He has also made radio appearances for stations such as LBC, Times Radio, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio London, and BBC Asian Network.

Dr Rakib Ehsan is a research analyst and writer who specialises in matters of social cohesion, race relations and public security. As well as previously working as a senior data analyst at the Centre for Social Justice, his research has been published by think-tanks such as the Henry Jackson Society, Policy Exchange, ResPublica, the Runnymede Trust and the Intergenerational Foundation. Rakib has written for publications including The Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Independent, Sp!ked, and UnHerd. He is a regular TV and radio commentator including on the BBC, Sky News and LBC. He was born in west London and raised in Luton by a strong, community-minded family of Bangladeshi origin and is a committed trade unionist.