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The White Working Class.

Sociological discussion programme. The white working class. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'left-behind' in the context of Brexit, Trump and beyond.

The white working class - are they the left behind? Noam Gidron, a Fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University, asks if the right wing, populist vote is a reflection of the declining social status of this group. He's joined by Gurminder Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies at the University of Sussex, who argues that a concern with economic disadvantage, when talking about the election of Trump, as well as Brexit, has led to a new 'identity politics' of race - one where class takes second place to 'whiteness'. The writer and broadcaster, Kenan Malik, joins the discussion.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Mon 5 Mar 2018 00:15

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  • Wed 28 Feb 2018 16:00
  • Mon 5 Mar 2018 00:15

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