In 2020 he left the Guardian to take up an academic post at the sociology department at Manchester University. Currently a visiting professor at London South Bank University, he was appointed the Belle Zeller Visiting Professor for Public Policy and Social Administration at Brooklyn College (CUNY) from 2009-2011.IIn 2020 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy.
It’s a rite of passage no white child ever has to go through: a conversation with their parents about the impact their skin colour might have on their life.