I loved reading We Need New Stories! This is a book which reflects exactly how I feel about the way in which ideas such as political correctness and free speech are being corrupted and manipulated away from their original meanings, and Nesrine Malik encapsulates her investigations and arguments in such a way that I can point directly to We Need New Stories and say 'read this' and 'this is what I want to say'. See more of my book reviews on my vegan ko-fi What emerges is a radical framework for understanding American politics and culture. Interweaving reportage with an incendiary analysis of American history and politics, she offers a compelling account of how calls to preserve “free speech” are used against the vulnerable how a fixation with “wokeness,” “political correctness,” and “cancel culture” is in fact an organized and well-funded campaign by elites and how the fear of “identity politics” obscures the biggest threat of all-white terrorism. In 2016, candidate Donald Trump declared: “I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.” Reeling from his victory, Democrats blamed the corrosive effect of “identity politics.” In We Need New Stories, Nesrine Malik explains that both of these arguments are political myths-variations on the lie that society needs no reform.Įxploring how these and other common political myths function, she explains how they are employed to subvert calls for equality by historically disenfranchised groups.
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