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Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong about Ethnic Minorities

Rakib Ehsan

• Rakib Ehsan is a British Bangladeshi-Indian Muslim scholar from Luton

• Originally a trade unionist, his PhD thesis investigated the impact of discrimination on the well-being of non-white minorities

• Beyond Grievance argues for a more nuanced views of British race relations than the one that currently holds sway – that he says is damaging both social cohesion and the chances of Labour forming another government

• He has over 35,000 Twitter followers, and a growing media presence – he writes regularly for the Telegraph as well as a number of other publications, is a regular guest on TalkRadio, and has appeared frequently on radio and TV

Rakib Ehsan

Dr Rakib Ehsan is a research analyst and writer who specialises in matters of social cohesion, race relations and public security. As well as previously working as a senior data analyst at the Centre for Social Justice, his research has been published by think-tanks such as the Henry Jackson Society, Policy Exchange, ResPublica, the Runnymede Trust and the Intergenerational Foundation.

Rakib has written for publications including The Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Independent, Sp!ked, and UnHerd. He is a regular TV and radio commentator including on the BBC, Sky News and LBC. He was born in west London and raised in Luton by a strong, community-minded family of Bangladeshi origin and is a committed trade unionist.