14. Ethnicity and Education (3) Flashcards
What is material deprivation?
a lack of material resources that will impact a child’s life
lack of food, poverty, limited access to educational resources
How do Free School meals symbolise material deprivation
provided for low income families
insufficient funds to pay for food, school trips, uniforms, transport, stationary
low quality housing, poor heating, no access to computers/internet
poor diet and ill health
low attainment of FSM students
How many students are eligible for FSM?
20.5%
used a proxy for deprivation
What is the highest ethnicity having FSM?
the lowest?
Irish heritage gypsy- 63% FSM
Indian 7%
What are some high FSM ethnic minorities?
Black caribbean- 37%
Mixed white caribbean - 38%
Gypsy/roma - 47%
What are some low FSM ethnic minorities?
Indian - 7%
Chinese - 9%
other white and asian - 31%
White british - 21%
Why are some minorities at greater risk of material deprivation from unemployment, low pay and over crowding?
live in economically depressed areas, high unemployment low wages
Muslim Perdah prevents women working outside the home
lack of language skills, foreign qualification dismissal
asylums seeks forbidden work
racial discrimination in the labour and housing market
How big of an impact does material deprivation and FSM truly have
Not as big as the ethnicity divide creates.
however all FSM groups perform worse at school anyways.
What does John Rex 1986 say about racial discrimination
leads to social exclusion and worsens the poverty faced by ethnic minorities
in housing, ethnic minorities are forced into substandard accommodations than white people of the same class.
How does David Mason 2003 describe racism?
discrimination is a continuing and persistant feature of the experience of Britain’s citizens of minority ethnic origin
How is there evidence of deliberate discrimination in employment?
Wood et al 2010 sent 1000 job applications in of similar experience. 1 in 16 ethnic minority applicants were selected, but 1 in 9 white candidates.
ethnic minorities are more likely to face unemployment and low pay, negatively affecting their own or future children education
How does racism in wider society impact educational achievement of minority ethnic groups
prohibited from jobs means not able to achieve as highly. barred from society based on skin colour, so can’t progress as highly in the world. students don’t see as many role models of ethnic groups so don’t aspire to achieve any higher than the low expectations placed on them
