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Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture: The making of the white working class: Race, class and identity in contemporary Britain by Kenan Malik

Date:6 May 2025 |
Time:17:30 - 18:30
Location:Watch the recording online

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 鈥榳hite working class鈥� are best served by the label.