Irecently stumbled on an online discussion about the dreaded ‘C’ word in publishing, and how some writers feared they would face (or had faced) discrimination because of so-called class. The arguments rolled back and forth, mostly questioning whether being viewed as ‘working class’ was discriminatory and if so, something should be done about it now. Splutter.
I didn’t join in the discussion, mostly because I feared for my sanity if I did, going by the extremes of some comments. I have an aversion to the kind of lofty suggestions by those who brandish the question of class, whether downgrading it in one direction or promoting it as some kind of publishing Holy Grail in the other.