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immigrants are a burden. right. but if your contention is that your story is very typical of the immigrant story, then it raises a fundamental question about the sort of overarching theme of much of your work, which is that empire and the legacy of empire maintains a sort of grip on britain which makes britain still a fundamentally racist country. yet yours is a story of, in a sense, inclusivity, of success, of sathnam sanghera being embraced. yeah, i think when you talk about the legacy of empire, it s notjust racism, it s also our multiculturalism. it s our psychology, it s our politics, it s our wealth. it s a multifaceted thing. it s notjust one thing. so, yes, the racism is a negative thing, but there s also the fact that empire is the reason british people travel so far, and that is a pretty neutral thing. education is important here, so i want to go into a little bit of detail about what you learned and how you learnt it, because as you say, you were from a deprived part of wolv
still a fundamentally racist country. yet yours is a story of, in a sense, inclusivity, of success, of sathnam sanghera being embraced. yeah, i think when you talk about the legacy of empire, it s notjust racism, it s also our multiculturalism. it s our psychology, it s our politics, it s our wealth. it s a multifaceted thing. it s notjust one thing. so, yes, the racism is a negative thing, but there s also the fact that empire is the reason british people travel so far, and that is a pretty neutral thing. education is important here, so i want to go into a little bit of detail about what you learned and how you learnt it, because as you say, you were from a deprived part of wolverhampton in the west midlands and yet you were academically gifted and successful so you went to a predominantly white grammar school in a very different neighbourhood. and you say that that school, it had a huge impact on you. i think one phrase you ve used is that it sort of cleansed your mind , and not nec
from punjab in india, you were taught very little about the connections between your family and your new country. yeah, i guess on paper, i had quite a bad start. my dad, totally illiterate and has schizophrenia. i arrived at school not being able to speak english. i was working in a factory myself throughout my schooling for 50p an hour, but i m now a bestselling author. and i think i say that not to boast, but because i think my story is typical of many immigrants, and this is what immigrant families do. they arrive, they face adversity and they do well. they enhance the culture and the economy of this country. but the only narrative you hear is that immigrants are a burden. right. but if your contention is that your story is very typical of the immigrant story, then it raises a fundamental question about the sort of overarching theme of much of your work, which is that empire and the legacy of empire maintains a sort of grip on britain which makes britain still a fundamentally racis