![]() In this article, I describe three dominant systems of tropes found in Whiteness Studies: tropic of the singularity (whiteness as. In a recent survey, most people said they could easily find a job if they had to, but "those who were employed and have higher levels of education, they've become more pessimistic."Ĭairns, the product marketer, chooses to remain optimistic. Finding purchase in Hayden White’s use of ‘emplotment’, or the literary turn in history, I argue that the literary turn in Whiteness Studies is underutilised yet useful in a critical social theory of whiteness. Indeed's research bears out this loss of confidence, Bunker said. "It's very worrying - I thought I was in a safe industry," he said. One software engineer, who asked that his name be withheld to avoid possible retaliation from his employer, said he has applied to 60 jobs without a single response - a sharp contrast from his previous job-hunting experience during the pandemic, where "pretty much every place I applied, I got an interview and then I had a job within a month." Still, worker confidence levels are far below where they were in the heady days of 20 as the economy was snapping back into shape. Indeed, a cooldown without a crash would be the very definition of the "soft landing" the Federal Reserve has tried to achieve. "However, 'cooling' doesn't mean 'crashing.'" ![]()
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