Jennifer Moore 😷<p>Kenan Malik on Joel Budd's new book "Underdogs", in the Guardian.</p><p>"White workers may constitute a distinct group but they are not, Budd argues, homogeneous. A key distinction he draws is between “heartlands”, “enclaves” and “colonies”."</p><p>"The tactic of using the working class as an alibi for elite prejudices is deeply embedded in British history."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/06/the-white-working-class-is-nothing-like-what-politicians-think-or-claim-it-is" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/06/the-white-working-class-is-nothing-like-what-politicians-think-or-claim-it-is</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>class</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/whiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteness</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a></p>