Thread by @docrussjackson

#PETITION: The Equality Act to be amended to prohibit social class discrimination in the same way it prohibits other forms of unacceptable discrimination.

It calls for the prevention of class discrimination to be included within the mandate of the EHRC.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6294…

The petition is not a plea for an additional category of 'victimhood', nor an argument that class identity trumps other identities; it's a response to the growing gaps in income & wealth inequalities, in which intersectional class has either been invisible, ignored, or forgotten.

Banning class discrimination eg closure of a hospital indirectly negatively impacting poorer communities would be prohibited; interviewers wouldn't be able to discriminate on basis of accents; & data on homelessness, schooling & on the class pay gap could be gathered nationally.

Nor is the Petition about exclusionary, historical images of class: male & Caucasian. Class is a richly inclusive identity which has the capacity to unite, rather than to intensify the so-called ‘culture wars’.

Details in article by Geraldine Van Bueren:

es.britsoc.co.uk/the-less-trave…