A London theatre has left people baffled after posting an unusual speculation on a job listing.
The Camden People's Theatre is offering between £45,000 and £50,000 for the role of artistic director and joint CEO.
However, the job listing has left people scratching their heads after it was looking for people from the "criminal class and/or underclass."
The job advert said it welcomes applications from people without a formal education who "identify" as "working-class, benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass."
The Camden People's Theatre has left people baffled
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The listing said: "We welcome and encourage applications from individuals without formal education and/or who identify as: D/deaf and/or disabled, neurodiverse, working-class, benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass, global majority* and/or migrant, LGBTQ+
The controversial term "global majority" disputed term for people of indigenous, African, Asian, or Latin American descent - as well as those of "Black Caribbean, Black African, South Asian, East Asian, South East Asian, Middle Eastern, Arab, Latinx, Jewish, Romany and Irish Traveller heritage."
CEO of The Brilliant Club, which helps disadvantaged students get into university Anne-Marie Canning, said: "I have never seen this expression about socio-economic diversity before.
"It’s in an advert for a job. It seems insulting on many levels to many people."
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Social media users hit back at the advert, with one writing on X (formerly Twitter): "Working class being lumped in with criminal class is awful" with another saying it was "offensive to the point of reading like a parody."
Conservative MP for Harborough Neil O'Brien said: "Taxpayer money being spent on a 32 hour a week job where you get paid 45-50k.
"As well as the 'Global Majority' they want to employ applicants from the 'Working-class, benefit class, criminal class and/or underclass.'"
He then shared a photo of a laughing Al Capone with the the accompanying caption: "Under the new Artistic Director, the number of theatre critics posting negative reviews of our work has dropped considerably.
"In other news, the number of theatre critics has also dropped considerably."
GB News has approached the theatre for comment.