"So the publishing workforce is getting more diverse, but no more equal. [...] We’ve also seen publishing begin to advocate for a politics of respect and celebration for working class lives, a kind of Pride for the working-classes."
Sunjeev Sahota on class v identity in literature:
The Inauthenticity of our Class Discourse: or, Publishing Respects your Foodbank Usage
The issue, therefore, is not that we need to stop representation from benefiting elite minorities—that’s just representation in its most indefensible form—but that we need to stop believing that re…
