the importance of involving the people whose causes we're championing in the decision-making process.

Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain s Books: Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain s

This approach is far more radical than simply attributing responsibility for every ill in society to a 'system' or a vaguely defined power dynamic - something we lefties have gotten all too good at. McGarvey regards identity politics as a new kid on the social justice block with when compared to the stalwart of class politics. Her drinking could sometimes make her fun and affectionate, but just as often it made her mean and erratic. No fan of identity politics either, he argues that intersectionality undermines the creation of “a well-organised, educated and unified working class”.

When McGarvey asked two troubled teens what they thought about immigrants, these were just a few of the ugly responses they gave.

Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey | Waterstones Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey | Waterstones

And as the reality you are running from gets more chaotic, and the delusions you are willing to entertain begin to deepen, you become isolated in the community of drinkers and users where such behavior is acceptable.Kids, under constant stress from poor living conditions, often resorted to fighting as a coping mechanism. He began rapping about his experiences and speaking openly about the difficulties of living down-and-out in Glasgow. A blistering analysis of the issues facing the voiceless and the social mechanisms that hobble progress, all wrapped up in an unput-downable memoir. What raises it to a level even higher than expected is the author’s relentless self-examination and readiness to fully explore his own beliefs, motivations and prejudices.

Poverty Safari Summary of Key Ideas and Review - Blinkist Poverty Safari Summary of Key Ideas and Review - Blinkist

Many, MANY of the people I knew as a kid and at school went on to have lives much less chaotic and poverty-stricken than the households they grew up in. In an increasingly polarised nation, the capacity for self-reflection and introspection are those that will enable us to reach compromise. Rather than being doom-mongering, Poverty Safari also presents realistic ways that bridges between groups can be created and tackle systemic inequality.McGarvey often stresses the importance of personal responsibility in approaching these various problems, and how it is essential to deal with your own issues and confront your own shortcomings before you address wider issues. McGarvey wants the reader to understand his anger (and, by extension, that of ‘Britain’s underclass’, particularly relevant in the context of Brexit) by drawing attention to the hypocrisy of the political class, the damaging effects of widening socioeconomic (and therefore health) inequalities, and the false beliefs that people on both sides of the class divide hold about each other. And if I had stuck with my closed mindesness of not reading anything on poverty which is endorsed by the Financial Times, I could have spared myself from this rubbish.