TikTok's 'chav' trend is fuelling damaging class stereotypes
TikTok's 'chav' trend is fuelling damaging class stereotypes Jul 04, 2021, 10:17 AM facebook email TikTok "chavs" are portrayed as young white women who dress in cheap sweats, wear patchy fake tan, and speak in an exaggerated version of Estuary English. TikTok: @aitanamarzal, @sarahlev329 It satirises an aesthetic associated with the British working class. Users may not realise it, but experts worry it promotes damaging class stereotypes. In 10 seconds, a TikTok user who goes by "Maddie" transforms her look, applying bronzer several shades deeper than her skin ...
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