Tomorrow, I become a published author!!!! I can't believe I got here :-) My first ever book is called ‘Fractured'. It reveals why we are so divided and how to fix it. 5 quick reasons why you should get a copy: 👇
1. Discover the reality of our divisions: Half of graduates have no friends with degrees, Most pensioners talk to no-one under 35 (bar grandchildren), Half of us have no friends from a different ethnic background.
2. See that our biggest divide is not race but between the rich and the rest: A UK lawyer would have to invite 100 people they know round before inviting one person who is unemployed.
3. Benefit from 6 years of research. When I started writing, Brexit was a typo and the worst thing Donald Trump had done was a dodgy cameo on Home Alone 2.
4. Enjoy some great stories: Meet the professors who were actually terrorists, the chain-smoking villagers with brilliant health and find out how Hitler accidentally desegregated the US army.
5. Read a real, concrete plan for once on how to fix our divisions, not just some warm words and hand-wringing.
PLUS other people love it. Here are some of the things they said about Fractured:
Fractured is out tomorrow, but you can order it today. Honestly, you won't regret it and you can help make our society that bit more united. Grab a copy here: tinyurl.com/7n7e3wej
And if you care about these issues, spread the word :-)
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Today, I became a published author! My book 'Fractured' answers one question: HOW DO WE MEND OUR DIVISIONS? (A thread on the answer). amazon.co.uk/Fractured-soci…
Half of Brits and 80% of Americans say that their country is seriously divided. They are right. Most of our friends (if you look carefully) are people ‘just like us’. We tend to cluster with people of the same income, age, education level, race and politics. (2)
Half of graduates have no friends with degrees. Most pensioners know no-one under 35 (apart from grandchildren). A fifth of Leavers and a quarter of Remainers have no friends who voted the other way. Half of us have no friends from a different ethnic group. (3)
Wish our society was less divided? Here are 20 things you can do right now.
Change who you follow on social media: Follow some new people on social media who are different from you in some way, especially those with different opinions. @MiC_Global@HdxAcademy
Take a different path: Is there part of your neighbourhood that you think of as being ‘not for people like you’? Go there and have a drink, eat a meal out, take a walk.
How did rich people do something as stupid as the European Super League: a thread about a CURSED shop: The shop was five minutes from my house. Single storey, 10 metres by 5, sandwiched between two side streets and the last in a line of shops. Oh, and it was cursed. (1/n)
The first tenant wanted to sell high-end fashion. My mum and I drove past when we saw the sign. “Gone in 6 months”, we said. And it was. The curse was born.
A travel bookshop came and went. Then a body building store. And of course the mobility scooters. The curse ruled them all. They opened, suffered and died. Each time, like experienced soothsayers, we foresaw their doom.
The Government's #racereport is a huge Rorscharch test. You know the one. 10 inkblots – mixed in form, colour and movement – are presented one by one. A single question is asked: “What do you see?”.
So, what do you see? A bird? A bat? A rib cage? (1/)
Know this. Your answer matters. We are not assessing your eyesight – we are assessing you. In America, custody battles are settled on your answer, medical diagnoses made, insurance claims declined. This is the Rorschach test. (2/)
We stare at the same image. The same flecks of paint, the same colours, the same blots. And yet, our mind forms different patterns, different images, different interpretations. Why? (3/)
Our reaction to the Government’s Race Report tells us more than the report itself. 🧵👇
10 inkblots – mixed in form, colour and movement – are presented one by one. A single question is asked: “What do you see?”.
So, what do you see? A bird? A bat? A rib cage?
Know this. Your answer matters. We are not assessing your eyesight – we are assessing you. In America, custody battles are settled on your answer, medical diagnoses made, insurance claims declined. This is the Rorschach test.
Batley Grammar School is locked down in the middle of a lockdown. Protestors gather around the gates. Asian British men standing in small groups. They stare at each other. They check their phones. They watch the nation’s media watching them. (1/)
The school is quiet, empty. Pupils stay at home. It is March 7th for them all over again. Laptops out, cameras off, teachers teaching into the void. Apart from one. (2/)
The press says he is in police protection. The headmaster says he is sorry. The Cabinet Minister says he shouldn’t be. (3/)