Collects a diverse assortment of pieces that examine the generational shift in the perception of the black middle class, from the serious moniker of bourgeois to the more playful, sardonic boojie. It contains essays, poems, visual art, and short stories that examine the complex web of representations that define the contemporary black middle class.
Not Black and White comprises of three new plays which examine the state of modern day Britain from the perspective of three leading black contemporary playwrights. Roy Williams, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Bola Agbaje tackle the prison system, the mayoralty and immigration in their respective plays.