BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-good-the-black- and-the-boujee-how-black-britain-became-middle-class/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a1cd0c61-d18e-4ed6-bd89-863407afc528 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261016T102105 DTSTART:20261020T173000 DTEND:20261020T190000 SUMMARY:The good\, the black and the boujee: how black Britain became midd le class LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ho ng Kong Theatre\, Clement House) DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 20 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersSymeon BrownDr Cli ve Chijioke NwonkaBaroness Young of HornseyChairProfessor Naila KabeerJoin us for a discussion about a new book\, The Good\, the Black and the Bouje e.A landmark portrait of modern Britain\, The Good\, the Black and the Bou jee is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of ‘black excellence’. Fr om broadcasters and lawyers to content creators\, actors and politicians\, black professionals appear to have become leaders of Britain’s most vis ible\, profitable and culture-defining industries. Yet educated black prof essionals say racism is entrenched and rising to the top has never been ha rder.Symeon Brown unravels the web of class and gender that shapes black B ritain today\, reconciling cultural and political conversations surroundin g black British identity with the present reality. Whether dissecting the preference of educated black women to be single\, the rise of black Conser vative power brokers\, or how the assimilation of black elites masks the b arriers facing the black working class\, Brown renders visible the psychol ogical and material cost of class aspiration. This event will explore how race\, capital and identity entwine – and what is lost\, gained and disc overed through social mobility.Meet our speakers and chairSymeon Brown is the Home Affairs correspondent on Channel 4 News and a reporter on Unrepor ted World. Symeon's reporting has won or been shortlisted by the Orwell Pr ize\, the British Journalism Awards\, the Criminal Justice Association\, t he Medical Journalists’ Association and the Sandford St Martin Awards. H e was senior researcher on The Guardian and LSE study into the 2011 Englan d Riots. He is the author of Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit i n the New Influencer Economy.Clive Chijioke Nwonka is Associate Professor in Film\, Culture and Society in the School of European Languages\, Cultur e and Society within UCL’s Faculty of the Arts and Humanities\, and a fa culty associate of the UCL Sarah Parker Redmond Centre for the Study of Ra cism and Racialisation. He is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Internat ional Inequalities Institute and Professor in Practice at the British Film Institute (BFI).Lola Young is a Crossbench member of the House of Lords a nd Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. Raised in foster care in no rth London\, she studied drama before pursuing a career as an actor. Appoi nted to the House of Lords in 2004\, Baroness Young has played a prominent role in public life and chaired the Man Booker Prize judging panel in 201 7. Her memoir\, Eight Weeks: Looking Back\, Moving Forwards\, Defying the Odds\, was published in 2024.Naila Kabeer is Emeritus Professor of Gender and Development at LSE’s Department of International Development. She is a Faculty Associate of the International Inequalities Institute and direc ts its Gender Justice and Wellbeing Economy research programme. 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