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Topic: Class Theory
— If you can question one person having more money than another, then you understand class.
— What is class?/How can it be defined?/Why is it worth thinking about - applies to all
— Not Marxist theory, just Socio-Economic-Status
— What types of arguments apply more readily to class? - Accessibility, education, universality
— Common examples that can be used as yardsticks - on average people in rural areas will be lower socio economic, on average in the city it’s higher, with pockets of advantage and disadvantage
— How does class interact with other elements - identity politics for example (identity covers, race, gender, sex) - intersectionality - at the moment we have a lot of focus on identity

Common mistakes
— Thinking that class is less important than other elements of identity
— Assuming that all people from a particular area are of a particular class
— The UNDER use of class arguments in education debates

Conclusion
— It’s absolutely worthwhile analysing these ideas - check out the Centre for Social Impact
— People don’t write about class enough - but the lens is easy to apply to a variety of issues (we think of ourselves as classeless!)
— Try applying thoughts about class in areas where people are discussing identity politics frequently, you’ll get some interesting results

Class Theory