1.8 - Slough's Ethnicity (Anjali and Wasif) Flashcards
What allowed for easier international migration into Slough?
Accession 8
What percentage of Slough’s residents are Asian/Asian-British?
About 40%
What percentage of Slough’s residents are White British?
About 35%
What was one of the main reasons for post-war migration?
Rebuilding necessary, improving various services e.g. NHS, less restrictions for commonwealth.
Define the term ‘Homogeneity’
Where ethnicity is all the same (across all age groups)
Examples include Australia and Japan.
What does it mean for a place to be ‘Heterogenous’
When there is more diversity in terms of ethnicity in a place.
Examples include the UK and USA
What has an increase in Asian people led to?
“White flight”- over a space of 10 yrs, 20,000 white people have left Slough.
In the 1950’s, immigrants from which ethnic group came to the UK?
Black Caribbeans (roughly 566,000)
Which ethnic groups have recently migrated into the UK for economic reasons?
Chinese and African immigrants
Due to Job prospects, training and education hubs
