Not So Black & White: with Kenan Malik

Thursday 25 May

Kenan Malik is a writer, lecturer, broadcaster and author of a new book, Not So Black and White.

 

Kenan Malik is a writer, lecturer, broadcaster, Observer columnist and author of a new book, Not So Black and White, a history of race from white supremacy to the politics of identity. A former Moral Maze panellist, he has presented BBC Radio 3’s Nightwaves and Radio 4’s Analysis. His previous books include The Quest for a Moral Compass, and From Fatwa to Jihad, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.

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