People like us : what it takes to make it in modern Britain
Mohamed, Hashi2020
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Hashi Mohamed came to Britain aged nine, a refugee from the Somali civil war. He attended some of Britain's worst schools and was raised exclusively on state benefits. Yet today he is a successful barrister, with an Oxford degree and a CV that includes appearances on the BBC. Hashi explores what his own experience can tell us about social mobility in Britain today. Far from showing that anything is possible, he concludes his story is far from typical: our country is still riven with deep divisions that block children from deprived backgrounds from accessing the advantages that are handed to others from birth.
Main title:
People like us : what it takes to make it in modern Britain / Hashi Mohamed.
Author:
Mohamed, Hashi, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2020.
Collation:
312 pages : map (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788161121 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.513094305.513 MOHA305.513305.513 MOH305.513094 MOH
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4752699