Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Mixed-Race Experience cover art

The Mixed-Race Experience

By: Natalie Evans, Naomi Evans
Narrated by: Natalie Evans, Naomi Evans
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Mixed/Other cover art
The Good Ally cover art
White Women cover art
I Heard What You Said cover art
Biracial Britain cover art
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race cover art
Brit(ish) cover art
Beyond Veiled Cliches cover art
Tell Me Who You Are cover art
Raising Our Hands cover art
Black British Lives Matter cover art
Sista Sister cover art
Everyone Versus Racism cover art
Mixed Up cover art
Wish We Knew What to Say cover art
Still Breathing cover art

Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

What does it mean to be mixed race in today's society?

In this powerful book, Natalie and Naomi Evans, founders of anti-racist advocacy and platform Everyday Racism, explore the complexities of mixed-race identities - from the discrimination endured by the 1.2 million mixed people in Britain and millions more elsewhere, to the privileges it can afford. Sharing their own personal experiences of growing up in Britain to illuminate the nuances of racial identity, the book also weaves in:

  • Interviews with people from mixed backgrounds and in mixed relationships
  • Research to dispel common myths and stereotypes
  • Practical advice for mixed-race families and friendships

The Mixed-Race Experience will help you to recognise and confront the racism within your own family and communities, helping us all to deepen our intersectional awareness and commitment to allyship.

Thought-provoking, sensitive and challenging, The Mixed Race Experience is a deeply moving look at identity and belonging.

©2022 Naomi Evans and Natalie Evans (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Natalie and Naomi are truly inspirational thought leaders." (Sophie Williams, author of Anti-Racist Ally and Millennial Black)
 

What listeners say about The Mixed-Race Experience

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    31
  • 4 Stars
    7
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    27
  • 4 Stars
    6
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    30
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Raw and thought provoking

I loved this book. It’s the first time I’ve read something that I can fully relate to and has forced me to open up conversations with family and friends. The different stories from various contributors was a lovely touch too. Thoroughly recommend.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Informative

I found this book very helpful and I learned a lot. Listening to people’s real life accounts was interesting. Thank you.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The book I wish I had as a child

Have listened to this three times already. Just fantastic with every aspect clearly well thought through. Has given me the language to explain how I’ve felt throughout my life.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

So glad this was recommended to me!

This book was recommended to me by my therapist as she had read it herself. I felt I had needed this book so many years ago and am glad I have had the chance to read it. I bought a physical copy as I enjoyed it so much and wanted to add it to my book shelf. I have recommended this book to a few people who are now reading and enjoying. This book has set the ball rolling on understanding my identity and race better. It was emotional but empowering to hear others who have experienced things that I believed only I had suffered. I finally felt like I had people to relate to, a community that understood and shared my experience.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

the book I needed as a kid.

so necessary. this book gave me clarity and safety.
thank you. we need books like this everywhere.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Understanding racism

Taught me a lot about issues mixed race people face on a daily basis, terminology to use when talking about racism and I feel I have more understanding. Thank you.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Mirrors my own experience

I'm so glad to have found this book! To have had my own experiences echoed back at me and to realise there are others that have felt the exact same way has been invaluable. I have taken a resolve not to try to fit neatly into one category.
My only small critique is that while the authors do make very clear that mixed race can mean any number of things - not just black and white mixed - there was a chapter on hair that I really couldn't identify with at all being mixed white and south asian. That said, it was still a point of learning that gives me a deeper understanding of others that do face these issues.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

To All mixed heritage people

Everytime I read or listen to experiences of other mixed people who grew up in the UK, it soothes my childhood self and my childhood traumas.
This is an easy digestable book for anyone trying to understand what it's like to be mixed, and the countless everyday racism that is embedded in UK culture.
It Unfortunatley high lights the UK education systems lack of culture education (at the time).

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

There are so many things I loved about this book! I am going to share this with everyone I know and encourage them to read it! Thank you for this x

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A welcome echo chamber to my own thoughts

I confess I have been waiting for this book ever since I scrolled across news of its release. I myself identify as mixed race and I feel there has always been a need for a book like this.

To sum up in a few sentences, this book is exactly what its’ title suggests. Listening to the collected thoughts, testimonies and above all, feelings of individuals, who by their nature reject the commonplace binary of race was an incredibly positive experience for me.

I’d recommend this firstly to anyone who identifies as I do, but also, as the authors suggest, anyone who shares their orbit with us. It’s a necessary discussion to be had and one that has left me both affirmed and seen. I thank the authors for this one :).

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!