Faiza Shaheen - Know Your Place - Paperback

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The Author Name is Faiza Shaheen
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a€˜A stunning and devastating indictmentA of a societyA scarred and defined by inequality, by one of the most charismatic and compellingA voices in politics todaya€ Owen Jones a€˜Faizaa€s work is living proof that you dona€t have to choose between focusing on class and battling racism, or to triangulate on hate in order to advance a political cause. Shea€s a testament to the power of rising with your community, and not out of ita€ Ash Sarkar'Shaheen overcame a plethora of barriers to get to Oxford and become a leading statistician. In this thought-provoking read, she uses her own unlikely story to probe how society defines your chances in life a€“ and what we can do about it'A i At four years old, Dr Faiza Shaheen was told by her mum that one day she would study at the University of Oxford. As the daughter of a car mechanic attending state schools, the odds were low, but she worked hard and succeeded. Today, shea€s a leading statistician and standing for election as a Member of Parliament. A  Why do we glorify success as personal triumph like this? These narratives purposely erase the role of public services, where you are born, and luck a€“ and they tell us that anyone can follow the same path. A  Rather than making working-class mobility the norm, what Faiza accomplished makes her an exception, and ita€s statistically impossible for everyone to be the exception. The inconvenient truth, as this book proves, is that social mobility is a fairy tale. Society today will not give most of us the chance of a secure and fulfilling life. That is unacceptable. A  Part memoir, part polemic, Know Your Place is a personal and statistical look at how society and the economy are structured, what really defines your life chances and how our current system keeps us locked into an ugly hierarchy. But more than that, ita€s a powerful call for collective fighting to reinvent things as we want them to be ita€s about breaking out, finding hope and not staying in your place. We can change things, and this is how.

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