In which we talk about our experiences of how class and race intersect, and imagine what class justice might look like in the future.
Two friends, one Black, one White, share a series of tender and uncompromising conversations about how Whiteness and anti-Blackness have shaped their lives.
Join us, Tanaka Mhishi and Imogen Butler-Cole, as we attempt our own version of restorative justice through compassion and storytelling.
Resources mentioned in this episode are: Akala: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYI839cr9A); the play Class by Scottee: https://youtu.be/HQvcEr-Ht0k, reviews: Guardian/ The Play’s The Thing; and the books Chavs by Owen Jones; Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price and Lowborn by Kerry Hudson (that was not mentioned but which Imogen is currently reading. It’s a brilliant, tender account of growing up poor in some of the poorest towns in the UK).