#classissues — Public Fediverse posts

If you’re working class, you’ve got little chance of a career in classical music | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Diversity schemes that ignore class will keep mistaking a handful of border-crossers for structural change, says one reader, whose son was judged too privileged

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/aug/16/if-youre-working-class-youve-got-little-chance-of-a-career-in-classical-music

#Classissues #Classicalmusic #Race #UKnews #DEIpolicies #Culture #Socialmobility #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

If you’re working class, you’ve got little chance of a career in classical music | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Diversity schemes that ignore class will keep mistaking a handful of border-crossers for structural change, says one reader, whose son was judged too privileged

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/aug/16/if-youre-working-class-youve-got-little-chance-of-a-career-in-classical-music

#Classissues #Classicalmusic #Race #UKnews #DEIpolicies #Culture #Socialmobility #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

If you’re working class, you’ve got little chance of a career in classical music | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Diversity schemes that ignore class will keep mistaking a handful of border-crossers for structural change, says one reader, whose son was judged too privileged

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/aug/16/if-youre-working-class-youve-got-little-chance-of-a-career-in-classical-music

#Classissues #Classicalmusic #Race #UKnews #DEIpolicies #Culture #Socialmobility #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

‘It’s rare to hear: I’m black and middle class’ – Symeon Brown on black Britain’s enduring ‘taboo’
By Emma Loffhagen

Black people are more prominent than ever in the UK’s politics and culture. But are they overwhelmingly from the middle class, as Brown argues in his new book? And if so, why isn’t anyone talking about it?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/09/symeon-brown-black-britain-middle-class-good-black-boujee

#Society #Race #Classissues #BlackBritishculture #Socialmobility #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

‘It’s rare to hear: I’m black and middle class’ – Symeon Brown on black Britain’s enduring ‘taboo’
By Emma Loffhagen

Black people are more prominent than ever in the UK’s politics and culture. But are they overwhelmingly from the middle class, as Brown argues in his new book? And if so, why isn’t anyone talking about it?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/09/symeon-brown-black-britain-middle-class-good-black-boujee

#Society #Race #Classissues #BlackBritishculture #Socialmobility #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

‘It’s rare to hear: I’m black and middle class’ – Symeon Brown on black Britain’s enduring ‘taboo’
By Emma Loffhagen

Black people are more prominent than ever in the UK’s politics and culture. But are they overwhelmingly from the middle class, as Brown argues in his new book? And if so, why isn’t anyone talking about it?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/09/symeon-brown-black-britain-middle-class-good-black-boujee

#Society #Race #Classissues #BlackBritishculture #Socialmobility #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen

In Britain, we equate blackness with the working class. It’s time for a rethink
By Symeon Brown

In my new book, I narrate the existence, behaviours and sensibilities of the black British middle class, a social group largely ignored, until now

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/05/britain-blackness-working-class-rethink

#Society #Books #Race #Classissues #Socialmobility #Inequality #Culture #TheGuardian #SymeonBrown

In Britain, we equate blackness with the working class. It’s time for a rethink
By Symeon Brown

In my new book, I narrate the existence, behaviours and sensibilities of the black British middle class, a social group largely ignored, until now

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/05/britain-blackness-working-class-rethink

#Society #Books #Race #Classissues #Socialmobility #Inequality #Culture #TheGuardian #SymeonBrown

In Britain, we equate blackness with the working class. It’s time for a rethink
By Symeon Brown

In my new book, I narrate the existence, behaviours and sensibilities of the black British middle class, a social group largely ignored, until now

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/05/britain-blackness-working-class-rethink

#Society #Books #Race #Classissues #Socialmobility #Inequality #Culture #TheGuardian #SymeonBrown

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
By Esther Addley

PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to power

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-class

#AndyBurnham #Socialmobility #Labour #Classissues #Oxbridgeandelitism #Politics #Privateschools #Society #UKnews #Education #TheGuardian #EstherAddley

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
By Esther Addley

PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to power

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-class

#AndyBurnham #Socialmobility #Labour #Classissues #Oxbridgeandelitism #Politics #Privateschools #Society #UKnews #Education #TheGuardian #EstherAddley

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-class #AndyBurnham #SocialMobility #Labour #ClassIssues #OxbridgeAndElitism #Politics #PrivateSchools #Society #UkNews #Education

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-class #AndyBurnham #SocialMobility #Labour #ClassIssues #OxbridgeAndElitism #Politics #PrivateSchools #Society #UkNews #Education

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-class #AndyBurnham #SocialMobility #Labour #ClassIssues #OxbridgeAndElitism #Politics #PrivateSchools #Society #UkNews #Education

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/26/burnham-oxbridge-cabinet-social-mobility-class #AndyBurnham #SocialMobility #Labour #ClassIssues #OxbridgeAndElitism #Politics #PrivateSchools #Society #UkNews #Education

Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says
By Chris Osuh

Incoming PM must seize chance to stop race discourse deflecting from class inequalities, says David Weaver

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/andy-burnham-shift-uk-mood-racism-operation-black-vote

#Race #Classissues #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #ReformUK #Windrushscandal #Commonwealthimmigration #Immigrationandasylum #UKnews #Inequality #TheGuardian #ChrisOsuh

Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says
By Chris Osuh

Incoming PM must seize chance to stop race discourse deflecting from class inequalities, says David Weaver

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/andy-burnham-shift-uk-mood-racism-operation-black-vote

#Race #Classissues #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #ReformUK #Windrushscandal #Commonwealthimmigration #Immigrationandasylum #UKnews #Inequality #TheGuardian #ChrisOsuh

Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/andy-burnham-shift-uk-mood-racism-operation-black-vote #Race #ClassIssues #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #ReformUk #WindrushScandal #CommonwealthImmigration #ImmigrationAndAsylum #UkNews #Inequality

Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/andy-burnham-shift-uk-mood-racism-operation-black-vote #Race #ClassIssues #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #ReformUk #WindrushScandal #CommonwealthImmigration #ImmigrationAndAsylum #UkNews #Inequality

Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/andy-burnham-shift-uk-mood-racism-operation-black-vote #Race #ClassIssues #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #ReformUk #WindrushScandal #CommonwealthImmigration #ImmigrationAndAsylum #UkNews #Inequality

Burnham must shift UK mood on racism, chair of Operation Black Vote says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/andy-burnham-shift-uk-mood-racism-operation-black-vote #Race #ClassIssues #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #ReformUk #WindrushScandal #CommonwealthImmigration #ImmigrationAndAsylum #UkNews #Inequality

Gary Stevenson and how class signifiers shape our perceptions of authority | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Carla Keen on the cultural signals we attach to how people speak, in response to a review on a documentary hosted by the inequality campaigner

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/jul/15/gary-stevenson-and-how-class-signifiers-shape-our-perceptions-of-authority

#Classissues #Television #Culture #Inequality #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Gary Stevenson and how class signifiers shape our perceptions of authority | Letter
By Guardian Staff

Carla Keen on the cultural signals we attach to how people speak, in response to a review on a documentary hosted by the inequality campaigner

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/jul/15/gary-stevenson-and-how-class-signifiers-shape-our-perceptions-of-authority

#Classissues #Television #Culture #Inequality #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/04/third-white-disadvantaged-pupils-england-below-secondary-reading-level #Education #UkNews #SchoolAttendanceAndAbsence #PrimarySchools #Schools #Literacy #Society #ClassIssues #England

Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/04/third-white-disadvantaged-pupils-england-below-secondary-reading-level #Education #UkNews #SchoolAttendanceAndAbsence #PrimarySchools #Schools #Literacy #Society #ClassIssues #England

Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/04/third-white-disadvantaged-pupils-england-below-secondary-reading-level #Education #UkNews #SchoolAttendanceAndAbsence #PrimarySchools #Schools #Literacy #Society #ClassIssues #England

Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/04/third-white-disadvantaged-pupils-england-below-secondary-reading-level #Education #UkNews #SchoolAttendanceAndAbsence #PrimarySchools #Schools #Literacy #Society #ClassIssues #England

‘Happy vowel’ is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/01/happy-vowel-key-indicator-social-class-manchester-accents-study #Manchester #Language #ClassIssues #GreaterManchester #SocialMobility #Science #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #Society

‘Happy vowel’ is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/01/happy-vowel-key-indicator-social-class-manchester-accents-study #Manchester #Language #ClassIssues #GreaterManchester #SocialMobility #Science #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #Society

‘Happy vowel’ is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/01/happy-vowel-key-indicator-social-class-manchester-accents-study #Manchester #Language #ClassIssues #GreaterManchester #SocialMobility #Science #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #Society

‘Happy vowel’ is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/01/happy-vowel-key-indicator-social-class-manchester-accents-study #Manchester #Language #ClassIssues #GreaterManchester #SocialMobility #Science #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #Society

‘Happy vowel’ is a key indicator of social class in Manchester accents, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/01/happy-vowel-key-indicator-social-class-manchester-accents-study #Manchester #Language #ClassIssues #GreaterManchester #SocialMobility #Science #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #Society

David Lammy chairs first meeting of board set up to improve diversity among judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/21/david-lammy-chairs-first-meeting-of-board-set-up-to-improve-diversity-among-judiciary #Judiciary #Law #ClassIssues #Race #Inequality #UkNews

David Lammy chairs first meeting of board set up to improve diversity among judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/21/david-lammy-chairs-first-meeting-of-board-set-up-to-improve-diversity-among-judiciary #Judiciary #Law #ClassIssues #Race #Inequality #UkNews

David Lammy chairs first meeting of board set up to improve diversity among judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/21/david-lammy-chairs-first-meeting-of-board-set-up-to-improve-diversity-among-judiciary #Judiciary #Law #ClassIssues #Race #Inequality #UkNews

David Lammy chairs first meeting of board set up to improve diversity among judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/21/david-lammy-chairs-first-meeting-of-board-set-up-to-improve-diversity-among-judiciary #Judiciary #Law #ClassIssues #Race #Inequality #UkNews

A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics

A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics

A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics

A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

ICYMI: From the AOF Studio New from the Studio: The IndieWeb Is Right. But Should We Trust It? https://www.artoffaceless.com/the-indieweb-is-right-but-should-we-trust-it/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IndieWeb #TrustIssues #GeographyProblem #ClassIssues #InstitutionalGravity

Go west! Richard Avedon’s working class heroes – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jan/27/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-exhibition #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ClassIssues

Go west! Richard Avedon’s working class heroes – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jan/27/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-exhibition #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ClassIssues

Go west! Richard Avedon’s working class heroes – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jan/27/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-exhibition #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ClassIssues

Go west! Richard Avedon’s working class heroes – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jan/27/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-exhibition #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ClassIssues

‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/11/martin-parr-photography-british-life-class #Artanddesign #Photography #Exhibitions #Classissues #MartinParr #Worldnews #Culture #UKnews #France #USnews #Japan

‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/11/martin-parr-photography-british-life-class #Artanddesign #Photography #Exhibitions #Classissues #MartinParr #Worldnews #Culture #UKnews #France #USnews #Japan

‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/11/martin-parr-photography-british-life-class #Artanddesign #Photography #Exhibitions #Classissues #MartinParr #Worldnews #Culture #UKnews #France #USnews #Japan

‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/11/martin-parr-photography-british-life-class #Artanddesign #Photography #Exhibitions #Classissues #MartinParr #Worldnews #Culture #UKnews #France #USnews #Japan

This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/sutton-trust-media-journalism-middle-upper-class-privilege #UniversityofCambridge #Newspapers&magazines #Oxbridgeandelitism #Nationalnewspapers #UniversityofOxford #Highereducation #Privateschools #Classissues #TheGuardian #Inequality #Newspapers #Education #Schools #Media #BBC

This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/sutton-trust-media-journalism-middle-upper-class-privilege #UniversityofCambridge #Newspapers&magazines #Oxbridgeandelitism #Nationalnewspapers #UniversityofOxford #Highereducation #Privateschools #Classissues #TheGuardian #Inequality #Newspapers #Education #Schools #Media #BBC

This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/sutton-trust-media-journalism-middle-upper-class-privilege #UniversityofCambridge #Newspapers&magazines #Oxbridgeandelitism #Nationalnewspapers #UniversityofOxford #Highereducation #Privateschools #Classissues #TheGuardian #Inequality #Newspapers #Education #Schools #Media #BBC

A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/populists-democrats-defeat-trump #ZohranMamdani #Classissues #Inequality #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews

A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/populists-democrats-defeat-trump #ZohranMamdani #Classissues #Inequality #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews

A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/populists-democrats-defeat-trump #ZohranMamdani #Classissues #Inequality #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews

Is this a dagger which I see before me, King Charles? | Brief letters https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/31/is-this-a-dagger-which-i-see-before-me-king-charles #Secondaryschools #Gardeningadvice #KingCharlesIII #Deathanddying #Lifeandstyle #Classissues #NigelFarage #Photography #Allotments #MartinParr #Inequality #Education #Monarchy #Politics #Cruises #Culture #Police #UKnews #Books