EXPLOITERS DON’T CARE ABOUT RACE OR CULTURE
by Kenan Malik
This essay, on what a protest at a Peckham shop tells us about race and class in contemporary Britain, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 17 September 2023, under the headline “What a brawl in a Peckham shop tells us about race and class in Britain today”. A customer demands a refund on goods she bought but no longer wants. The shop owner refuses, offering a credit note instead. The customer grabs other goods, apparently in recompense. The […]
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