A North London employer has come under fire for using offensive language in its job adverts. Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) used the terms ‘benefit class, criminal class and underclass’ in two job adverts. The language has been widely criticized as insulting and offensive. CPT has since said it’s reviewing the language of the adverts and is continuing its efforts to diversify its talent.
The blunder comes after new research this week showed the arts to be extremely exclusive. It found that six in 10 of all arts and culture workers in the UK come from middle-class backgrounds, compared with just over 42% of the wider workforce.
The report was shared by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, which broke down inequalities in the UK’s arts, culture and heritage workforce by background and region. It also found that 90% of workers in the arts are white and only 20% are disabled.