'This is a book for the future: it gives us exactly the tools we need to dismantle racial
injustice in our society' Baroness Doreen Lawrence 'A powerful salient and gracefully written
study of the corrosive dynamics of race in Britain from a trusted voice on the subject. We can
all benefit from reading it' Diana Evans Miles a successful lawyer is mistaken for the waiter
at a networking event. Femi is on the verge of breakdown having been consistently overlooked
for promotion at her university. Nigel's emails repeatedly expressing concern about his
employer's forthcoming slavery exhibition are ignored. Carol knows she can't let herself relax
at the work Christmas party... This is racism. It is not about the overt acts of random people
at the fringes of society. It's about the everyday. It's the loaded silence the throwaway
remark the casual comment or a 'joke' in the workplace. It's everything. The Racial Code is an
unprecedented examination of the hidden rules of race and racism that govern our lives and how
they maintain the status quo. Interweaving narrative with research and theory acclaimed expert
Nicola Rollock uniquely lays bare the pain and cost of navigating everyday racism -- and
compels us to reconsider how to truly achieve racial justice.
