The book, which is covered in contact, suffers from the usual library damage, which is limited to the preliminaries and the end papers, as well a library sticker on the front cover. Borrowed five time in five years, the body of the book remains in excellent condition. From the back cover: " The teeth are smiling argues that official anti-racism is often only superficial and masks the continuing reality of racism in the labour market, education, the media, policing and even multicultural policies themselves..."