The Good, the Black and the Boujee
How Black Britain Became Middle Class
$50.99
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
‘A significant piece of work’ - Diane Abbott
‘A rigorous and fearless development and dissection of the Black Middle Class in Britain’ - Derek Owusu
A landmark portrait of modern Britain, The Good, the Black and the Boujee is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of ‘black excellence’.
From broadcasters and lawyers to content creators, actors and politicians, black professionals appear to have become leaders of Britain’s most …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349702490 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349702497 |
| Author: | Symeon Brown |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Dialogue Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 154mm x 238mm |
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Critics Review
A significant piece of work. – Diane Abbott
Symeon Brown has delivered a delicious bonfire of Black middle-classness. – Nels Abbey, author of THINK LIKE A WHITE MAN
Symeon Brown tackles the subject of the Black Middle class with courage, honesty, humour and a passionate investment in the archiving and documenting of the Black presence in Britain. Bypassing the current trend of adopting working class identities or being oblivious to it all, Symeon gets to the heart of the matter: cultural and economic capital. A rigorous and fearless development, and dissection, of the Black Middle Class in Britain. – Derek Owusu, author of BORDERLINE FICTION
Brown beautifully narratives how the Black middle classes are intimately entangled with Britain’s imperial histories, contemporary cultures and political possibilities. – Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper, contributor to EMPIRE’S ENDGAME
A smart, bold and a brilliant read. In The Good, the Black and the Boujee, Symeon Brown skilfully weaves the personal and political to build a fierce and fearless critique of the quest for social mobility in black Britain … Endlessly surprising, thought provoking and challenging with a razor-like focus on why class still matters. – Jackie Long
Symeon Brown
Symeon Brown is a correspondent on Channel 4 News and the author of Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition & Deceit in the New Influencer Economy. He has worked for the Guardian and the Black Cultural Archives. Symeon has reported on black cultures across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
His journalism has won a Medical Journalists’ Association Award and a Criminal Justice Alliance Outstanding Journalism Award. It has also been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, a One World Media Award, and a British Journalism Award. He was also nominated for a BAFTA as executive editor of Channel 4 News’ Black to Front special.
Symeon was a commissioning executive in current affairs and specialist factual between 2022-2023, where he was part of the team that launched the Channel 4 youth documentary strand Untold. He lives in London and supports Arsenal.
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