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Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture:
The making of the white working class: Race, class and identity in contemporary Britain
Kenan Malik, writer, lecturer and broadcaster
Chaired by Dr Josep Almudever Chanza, Lecturer in Social Geography, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
What is the white working class? Why has it become such a significant concept? And what does it tell us about the way we think of race and class? Answers involve historical shifts in the relationship between race and class; how white identity has become a means of rebranding racism; and whether those deemed ‘white working class’ are best served by the label.
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Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture:
The making of the white working class: Race, class and identity in contemporary Britain
Kenan Malik, writer, lecturer and broadcaster
Chaired by Dr Josep Almudever Chanza, Lecturer in Social Geography, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
What is the white working class? Why has it become such a significant concept? And what does it tell us about the way we think of race and class? Answers involve historical shifts in the relationship between race and class; how white identity has become a means of rebranding racism; and whether those deemed ‘white working class’ are best served by the label.
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