The Good Immigrant

by Nikesh Shukla

We have learned that our ways make us homeless and fatherless, just as there is a whiteness that is fearless to the point of tenure – unmovable and permanent.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to promote our understanding of the world in which we live and the vessel to tell these stories is our media. Britain is filled with people from all corners of

To be an immigrant, good or bad, is about straddling two homes, whilst knowing you don’t really belong to either.

As a fragmented world allows for more nuance now it’s obvious that in reality, it’s the details of these experiences, not the grand clichés that really reveal the most about ourselves and our journeys.

I know that language can be painful, and so too do a generation of immigrants who have arrived here through different pathways. For them, language is the great battle to fight, and for many it’s a war you always feel like you’re losing. Even when you get the language, unless you shed your accent, you’re continually reminded of your difference.