ethnic inequality Flashcards
Barron and Norris - Ethnic inequality in the workplace
Suggests that the ‘ethnic majority’ E.g. White British as found in the Primary Labour Market (characterised by high pay, high status, good fringe benefits such as private pensions and healthcare), whereas ethnic minorities are found in the Secondary Labour Market (characterised by low pay, low status, lack of fringe benefits, poor working conditions).
Wood et al - Ethnic inequality in the workplace
Did a field experiment to examine job applications - they found that people with names associated with an ethnic minority background would have to make 16 applications before they got a positive response, compared with 9 applications for ‘white-sounding’ applicants.
F word website - Ethnic inequality in the workplace
Grenfell Tower has become a symbol of systemic, institutional and structural ethnic inequality. It represents the ignored, the marginalised, the vilified, the misrepresented, the misunderstood and those who are too often the victims of discrimination and prejudice - This links to lower incomes.
Social trends survey - Ethnic inequality in crime
Black people are almost 7 times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.
Harding - Ethnic inequality in crime
‘Street Casino’ study shows that black Afro-Caribbean boys in London are more likely to be dragged into gang culture – He states that this happens in areas of deprivation and that the government need to act on this. He used the analogy of a casino as they were seen to be gambling with their lives in relation to being involved with gang violence.
MacPherson report - Ethnic inequality in crime
The Macpherson Report, published on 24 February 1999, found that the police investigation into Stephen Lawrence’s murder was compromised due to a lack of professional incompetence and institutional racism within the police force. Macpherson made 70 recommendations aimed at the elimination of racist prejudice and disadvantage within policing.
Children now: Fair play - Ethnic inequality in the media
86% of heroes were white. 8/10 black characters were portrayed as competitors in sports games and 86% of black female characters were victims of violence.
Moghissi - Ethnic inequality in the media
‘Muslim terrorists or Suicide bomber’ – Muslims are ‘huddled together’ in the media, ignoring huge range of differences between Muslims in class, beliefs and culture. 9/11 and 7/7 may have created a moral panic about Islam and coverage of Muslims has been negative.
Ligali - Ethnic inequality in the media
The media has been accused of being institutionally racist due to reporting less incidents of murders against ethnic minority groups.
Jasper - Ethnic inequality in education
Argues that black Afro-Caribbean boys are negatively treated by teachers in schools and are negatively stereotyped as ‘non-achievers’ – This can then lead them into trouble meaning they do not achieve in education.
Gillborn - Ethnic inequality in education
Argues that black Afro-Caribbean boys face institutional racism at school and that they are put into lower sets and entered for lower tier exams limiting their chances of success (maximum grade they could get in lower tier GCSE was a D at the time Gillborn researched this) – This can again narrows their future opportunities.
Butler - Ethnic inequality in education
Studied 3rd generation Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslim girls and found that they wanted to do well in education however this was not supported by their parents. Butler found that they wanted their children to prioritise norms, values and roles that fitted the traditions of their country of origin – Such as taking the expressive role within the home.
