Understanding Race: Present and Future. Bestselling author of Biracial Britain and It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth, Dr Remi Adekoya has been praised for his fresh and insightful approach to race. Join him to uncover the fundamental questions raised by racial identity, as well as deconstructing the reasons behind racial tension.

By the end of the course, you will have learned:

• The historical and social foundations of racial identity.
• Why racial tension persists in contemporary societies.
• How race intersects with class, wealth, and power.
• Competing narratives about racial progress and division.

As part of the course there are in-video quiz questions to consolidate your learning, suggested further readings to stimulate a deeper exploration of the topic.

IAI Academy courses are designed to be challenging but accessible to the interested student. No specialist knowledge is required.

Remi Adekoya

Dr Remi Adekoya is a leading academic and author. Currently a lecturer in politics at the University of York, Remi’s pioneering research is focused on trying to better understand identity in its emotional, psychological and political manifestations. He is particularly interested in the links between identity, history, psychology and politics in white-majority Western societies and in black Africa. 

• Adekoya, R., Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race, (London: Constable, 2021).
• Adekoya, R., It’s Not About Whiteness, It’s About Wealth, (London: Head of Zeus, 2023).
• Gilroy, P., There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation, (London: Routledge, 2002 [1987]).
• Hall, S., The Fateful Triangle: Race, Ethnicity, Nation, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017).
• Eddo-Lodge, R., Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, (London: Bloomsbury, 2017).