Opinion: The important reason we need to talk about working-class Remainers

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Opinion: The important reason we need to talk about working-class Remainers
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I was raised on a council estate in South Yorkshire by a single mum who voted to Remain, but I don’t see myself or my local, Remain-voting community represented in the mainstream

Working class people are being trodden underfoot. But to understand the extent of this marginalisation we need to stop focussing solely on the “white working classes” and understand that immigrants can be working class, that people of colour can be working class – and that the stereotype of the white, working class Leave voter leaves no room for discussions of how racism and classism intersect.

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