{"title":"Books by Marcus Ryder","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780571368518","title":"Black British Lives Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A book all should read, particularly white people.’ \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Essential . . . Written with clarity and passion.’ Jeffrey Boakye, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBLACK BRITISH LIVES MATTER is a clarion call for equality, from nineteen of the most prominent Black figures in Britain today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLenny Henry and Marcus Ryder introduce an essential collection of essays arguing how and why we need to fight for Black lives to matter – not just for Black people, but for British society as a whole. Writing across a wide range of subjects, and drawing on personal experience, all nineteen writers explore the unique contributions, perspectives and importance of Black Britons to the UK and beyond. It is both a celebration of Black British lives and an urgent, agenda-setting manifesto for change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include David Olusoga, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Kit de Waal, Dr Anne-Marie-Imafidon, Sir David Adjaye, Leroy Logan and Professor Kehinde Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201771667634,"sku":"9780571368518","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571368518.jpg?v=1786014988"},{"product_id":"9780571380015","title":"The Big Payback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Both timely and vital . . . There has never been greater need for a thoughtful discussion on race. This study of the case for reparations, which binds the past and present together so cleverly, is an important contribution.' Diane Abbott, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter abolishing the slave trade two centuries ago, the British government paid huge amounts of compensation to slave-owners. Only in 2015 did British taxpayers stop paying off this debt. How is it that slave-owners were paid compensation from our taxes, yet the enslaved and their families were not? Why should the descendants of former slave-owners still benefit from inherited wealth while the successors of the victims of slavery receive nothing, and may even have paid towards the debt of compensation through their taxes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with these simple but startling questions and talking to reparation experts, economists, politicians and anti-racism campaigners, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder explore the burning issue of how to best resolve the ongoing inequality and racism resulting from four hundred years of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682652299637,"sku":"9780571380060","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55896341086581,"sku":"9780571380015","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571380060_5ae381a7-b6c9-49ac-a44e-b309478b30c3.jpg?v=1792511558"},{"product_id":"9780571365128","title":"Access All Areas","description":"\u003cp\u003e** PRE-ORDER LENNY HENRY'S NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY \u003ci\u003eRISING TO THE SURFACE \u003c\/i\u003eNOW ** \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Lenny Henry rang up the Office for National Statistics to confirm something he’d been thinking about for a long time. They told him that only 29.5% of the United Kingdom’s population is made up of white, heterosexual, able-bodied men; so, he wonders, why do they still make up the vast majority of people we see in our media?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoining forces with the former Chair of the Royal Television Society’s Diversity Committee Marcus Ryder, he draws on decades of experience to reveal why recent efforts to diversify media have been thus far ineffective, and why they are simply not enough. With wit, humour and unflinching gravitas they analyse the flaws of current diversity initiatives, point out the structural and financial imbalances working against the cause, and provide clear solutions to get the media industry back on track.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccess All Areas\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent, actionable manifesto that will dramatically shift the debate around diversity and the media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292533404021,"sku":"9780571365128","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571365128_72721d9f-5578-4301-b028-d1d89e04e1d6.jpg?v=1786014908"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-marcus-ryder.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}