How does it feel to be constantly regardedas a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport?Or to be told that, as an actress, the partyoure most fitted to play is wife of a terrorist? How does it feel to havewords from your native language misused, misappropriated and used aggressivelytowards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom thatstories can only be about white people? How does it feel to go home to Indiawhen your home is really London? What is it like to feel you always have to bean ambassador for your race? How does it feel to always tick Other?Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asianand minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, The Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why theystay and what it means to be other in a country that doesnt seem to wantyou, doesnt truly accept youhowever many generations youve been herebut stillneeds you for its diversity monitoring forms.Inspired by discussion around why societyappears to deem people of colour as bad immigrantsjob stealers, benefitscroungers, undeserving refugeesuntil, by winning Olympic races, or bakinggood cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over and become goodimmigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that arepoignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary andmost importantlyreal.