Zadie Smith's novels are admired, although I don't believe her work is race-centric / victimisation-focused even though she does write about minorities.
Forgot about her, yes. She is not as obnoxious as the current black authors (mostly writing about grievances and "systemic racism") publishers are ramming at us e.g. -
https://landofsize.com/11-books-by-black-british-writers-about-race-and-history-in-the-uk/
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