Ethnic Inequality Flashcards
( media ) Asian youths in London unfairly targeted by police and media
-myth of the ‘Asian gang’ created as media reported violent clashes ( criminalised )
Alexander
( media ) black people protrayed negatively
- tokenism ( token people but in TV shows to appear inclusive)
Barry
( media ) ‘Muslim terrorists or suicide bombers’
- Muslims huddled together in media
- 9/11 + 7/7 = moral panic about Islam
Moghissi
( media ) content analysis found media stereotype black people in 5 ways
- criminal, abnormal, threat, unimportant, dependant
Van dijk
( crime ) black people 7x more likely to be stopped and searched than white people
Social trends survey 2017
( crime ) ‘street casino’ shows black Afro Caribbean boys in London more likely to be dragged into gang culture
Harding
( crime ) police investigation into Stephen Lawrence murder was compromised due to institutional racism in police
The macpherson report
( workplace ) ‘ethnic majority’ ( white British) found in the primary labour market - high pay + status
- ‘Ethnic minority’ are found in secondary labour market - low pay, low status, poor working conditions
Barron and Norris
( workplace) field experiment found people with names associated with an ethnic minority background would have to make 16 application for positive response
- 9 for ‘white sounding ‘
Wood et al
( education ) black Afro Caribbean boys negatively treated by teachers, stereotyped as non- achievers’
- lead them into trouble
Jasper
( education ) Afro Carribean boys face institutional racism and put in lower sets and tiers for exams
- limiting success
Gillborn
( education ) studied 3rd gen Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslim girls
- found they wanted to do well In education but not supported by parents
- wanted them to take the expressive role
Butler
( health ) black men and women were 4 timed more likely to die from Covid than white people
ONS England 2020
( health ) 70% if pakistanais and Bangladeshi women aged 65+ reported having long term illnesses
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
