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đŸ§” NEW: What social class are you?

In modern Britain, it probably has little to do with your income – or even the kind of job you do. Yet prejudices remain as strong as ever

Analysis in today's @[email protected]
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-new-class-rules-its-not-about-the-money-z9kxjcx3j

🐩🔗: https://twitter.com/tomhcalver/status/1601921321834872833

The new class rules? It’s not about the money

Can you change the social class you’re born into? Candice Lott has tried.Born into a rough part of Peterborough, the 37-year-old recalls her mother waking at 5am to work three jobs to put food on the table. There were often bailiffs at the door. “From an early age I recognised I was on the backfoot,

The Sunday Times

Great story and use of data by @[email protected] on class that people define themselves as belonging too.

BUT, this obsession with class and ‘working-class’ baffles / annoys me in equal measure.

IMO pigeon-holing people into a category I think does more to limit social-mobility!