In this month's episode, hosts Tamara Crawford and Vina Orden discuss both the UK (2016) and US (2018) editions of The Good Immigrant, a collection of essays edited by Nikesh Shukla (both versions) and Chimene Suleyman (US version). The 46 contributors to both editions have roots in China, India, Iran, Kashmir, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Argentina, France, Ireland, Northern Cyprus, Turkey, and other places around the world. They explore and challenge the idea of "the good immigrant" by writing about struggles; the multiplicities in their identities; re-connecting with one's culture or finding one's identity; examining whiteness or white adjacency; colonial and post-colonial traumas; respectability politics; being invisible; representation in popular culture; publishing and the problem of the "single story," among many themes.
Additional credit for this episode goes to Nick Kirk for helping with research on the historical timeline around immigration policies in the UK. For transcripts, links to things mentioned on the show, and other bonus material, please visit our blog (https://medium.com/the-lift-up-podcast).
