Comments on: OPINION: Eurovision is placing UK classism centre-stage https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion-eurovision-is-placing-uk-classism-centre-stage/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:22:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dave https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion-eurovision-is-placing-uk-classism-centre-stage/#comment-43400 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:22:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=32589#comment-43400 This doesn’t get talked about enough. We get a lot of down cast looks because we’re not rich enough to hold a competition. This is an attitude nationwide, and it piba down the question: are we an equal nation?

We’re seen as thieves, chavs. It’s not on.

]]> By: Jenny https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion-eurovision-is-placing-uk-classism-centre-stage/#comment-43301 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 22:17:27 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=32589#comment-43301 Strong piece and a robust argument. Liverpool and Glasgow have always been neglected, ignored and pushed aside, and it’s not just in music. I remember being put off from a job interview in a prestigious university because they told me, “I hope you don’t write the way you speak.”

It’s also worth noting that Glasgow went through its fair share of poverty in the 70s too. It was also a Capital of Culture in the 90s, and Glasgow has one of the largest religious divides in the country. You wouldn’t believe some of the conversations I’ve heard slating Glaswegians, just for the sake of daring to put their names forward. It’s nothing more than a pure disgrace, and with a history like ours you’d be hardpressed to find someone who hasn’t had noses turned on their city’s culture, their achievements, etc. We’re all just seen as dirty, working class thieves sadly, and anyone who says it doesnt exist needs to either give their head a wobble, or. get reborn as a Liverpudlian, Glaswegian, or pretty much every other working class city.

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