It’s interesting that all of the articles in question choose to focus on race rather than the British class system as a whole, as it’s a matter of fact that the gap between white working-class boys and other ethnic groups in the same social class is far smaller than the gap between poor white boys and the white middle class. The message from these journalists and those that pedalled this narrative is clear: it’s fine for working class white kids to fail relations to the white middle-classes – but they should never fall behind the darkies.
