The Good, the Black and the Boujee
How Black Britain Became Middle Class
$54.60
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
A landmark portrait of modern Britain, The Good, the Black and the Boujee is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of ‘black excellence’.
From broadcasters and lawyers to content creators, actors and politicians, black professionals appear to have become leaders of Britain’s most visible, profitable and culture-defining industries. Yet educated black professionals say racism is entrenched and rising to the top has never been harder. So what is going on? How have they ascended…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349702490 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349702497 |
| Author: | Symeon Brown |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Dialogue Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 41g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
Symeon Brown has delivered a delicious bonfire of Black middle-classness. – Nels Abbey, author of THINK LIKE A WHITE MANBrown beautifully narratives how the Black middle classes are intimately entangled with Britain’s imperial histories, contemporary cultures and political possibilities. – Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper, contributor to EMPIRE’S ENDGAMEA smart, bold and a brilliant read. In The Good, the Black and the Boujee, Symeon Brown skilfully weaves the personal and political to build a fierce and fearless critique of the quest for social mobility in black Britain … Endlessly surprising, thought provoking and challenging with a razor-like focus on why class still matters. – Jackie Long
About The Author
Symeon Brown
Symeon Brown is a correspondent on Channel 4 News and the author of Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition & Deceit in the New Influencer Economy. He has worked for the Guardian and the Black Cultural Archives.
Symeon’s journalism has won a Medical Journalists’ Association Award and a Criminal Justice Alliance Outstanding Journalism Award and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and a British Journalism Award. He was nominated for a BAFTA as executive editor of Channel 4 News’ Black to Front special.
Symeon was also seconded to Channel 4 as a commissioning executive in current affairs and specialist factual between 2022-2023, where he was part of the team that launched the new youth documentary strand Untold. He graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, lives in London, and supports Arsenal.
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