Ethnic Inequality Flashcards

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What are the four explanations for ethnic inequality?

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  1. There is a direct relationship between capitalism and racism
  2. Immigrants act as a reserve army for labour in a capitalist society
  3. The ruling class divide the working class for ideological purposes
  4. The ruling class uses the media to detract attention away from capitalist failings
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Who said there is a direct relationship between capitalism and racism?

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  • cox
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Who said immigrants act as a reserve army of labour in a capitalist society?

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  • castles and kosack
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Who said the ruling class uses the media to detract attention away from capitalist failings?

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  • Hall
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Why is there a direct relationship between capitalism and racism?

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  • racism has origins in the development of capitalism with its needs to systematically exploit labour power
  • early capitalism went hand in hand with colonialism as European nations justified their actions through racism
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Why do immigrants act as a reserve army of labour in a capitalist society?

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  • most immigrants were concentrated in a low skilled and low paid manual jobs mainly carried out in poor working conditions
  • derived from the need in capitalist societies for a reserve army of labour as capitalist economies were inherently unstable
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Why does the ruling class divide the working class for ideological purposes?

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  • divide and rule tactics was beneficial to the ruling class as it suppressed the overall wage levels of the working classes and immigrants could be scapegoated
  • allows capitalist class to divert the white working classes attention from the real cause of inequality (capitalism)
  • too divided to unite and overthrow the capitalist system
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Why does the ruling class use the media to detract attention away from the capitalist failings?

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  • moral panic over black criminality created a diversion away from the wider economic crisis
  • focuses firstly on how capitalism causes crime, then on how the media, state and police responded to this and finally on the further reaction of the criminalised black youth
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Why does the ruling class use the media to detract attention away from the capitalist failings?

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  • moral panic over black criminality created a diversion away from the wider economic crisis
  • focuses firstly on how capitalism causes crime, then on how the media, state and police responded to this and finally on the further reaction of the criminalised black youth
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