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Zusatztext Compelling reading for understanding the rich lifeblood of our incredible shared city and the forces which shape us Informationen zum Autor David Lammy was born in London to Guianese parents and has served as the MP for Tottenham since 2000. He was the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School and before entering politics practised as a barrister. He served as a minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and his first book, Out of the Ashes: Britain after the Riots , was published to widespread acclaim in 2011. Klappentext In 2007, inspired by the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act and looking to explore his own African roots, David Lammy took a DNA test. Ostensibly he was a middle-aged husband and father, MP for Tottenham and a die-hard Spurs fan. But David's nucleic acids revealed something else: that he was 25% Tuareg tribe (Niger), 25% Temne tribe (Sierra Leone), 25% Bantu tribe (South Africa), with 5% traces of Celtic Scotland and a mishmash of other unidentified groups. These DNA results gave him something that he had longed for: something more than a biography, backstory or even a culture. From Africa to Europe via the Caribbean, Tribes is a fascinating exploration of both the benign and malign effects of our very human need to belong. How this need - genetically programmed and socially acquired - can manifest itself in positive ways, collaboratively achieving great things that individuals alone cannot. And yet how, in recent years, globalisation and digitisation have led to new, more pernicious kinds of tribalism. Part poignant memoir, part compelling call-to-arms, Tribes is also a highly perceptive analysis of not only the way the world works but also the way we are by one of Parliament's most prominent and successful campaigners for social justice. More importantly, it demonstrates just how we can all move beyond our own tribes... David Lammy was born in London to Guianese parents and has served as the MP for Tottenham since 2000. He was the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School and before entering politics practised as a barrister. Zusammenfassung Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy investigates the modern concept of "tribes" and how New Tribalism has pernicious effects on the health of our society. Tribes will explore ways in which we can challenge and neuter New Tribalism! distinguishing between the 'good' sort of tribalism - the patriotism that is inclusive and open to newcomers! the ethnic or religious pride that celebrates a particular culture or faith tradition rather than denigrates others as inferior! the 'Spirit of Dunkirk' that saw ordinary people come together and do extraordinary things - from the harmful tribalism that excludes! denigrates and divides. ...
