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The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism
by John Barnes
Headline Publishing Group, £14.99
JOHN BARNES is a Jamaican-born black worker who, in his younger days, carried out his work in front of thousands of people.
Some people, always a minority, but a vocal one, were racist in their criticism while he was at work.
Barnes is one of the brightest football talents ever to grace the English game — regardless of the colour of his skin. He is also a black man who has had his own experiences of racism at work and chosen to deal with them in his own way.
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