Thomson Reuters' Black Employee Network (BEN) & the Centre for Research in Race & Education held the book launch for The Colour of Class: the educational strategies of the Black middle classes  on the 16th February 2015. The books authors are Nicola Rollock, David Gillborn, Carol Vincent & Stephen Ball.

The launch was sponsored by the Journal of Education Policy. “I enjoyed a really positive evening at the book launch for 'The Colour of Class', it was useful to hear about the book, the publishers and the sponsors for the event as well as having time to meet the authors,' said Rukhsana Yaqoob.

Daniel Stone said: “I had a wonderful evening yesterday and met – and renewed contact with – some wonderful people.”

Brenda King, MBE, said: “I really want to congratulate you on your book launch and your effort to raise awareness of the Black middle class in the UK' .

“The dynamics of race and class are different. Each marches to the beat of its own drummer. But if they are separate at their root they are nonetheless symbiotic in their effect. To try to understand either separately is to misunderstand both completely, for even if they march separately they also often stride in lockstep. The challenge for Black middle class parents, as this important new book illustrates, is to navigate the complex terrain of privilege and prejudice, so that whatever advances they have made in their own lives are not erased in the next generation.” Gary Younge, Award-winning Guardian journalist and author.