Ethnic Minority Disadvantage Workplace

Question 1

What did Gov.uk (2017) say?

Answer 1

• the ethnic groups with the lowest employment rate are Pakistani and Bangladeshis whereas the ethnic, leading to less income and poor quality of life
• groups with the highest employment rates are White Others

Question 2

What did Wood et al say?

Answer 2

• people with name associated with ethnic minority backgrounds eg. Khalid would have to make 16 applications before they got a positive response compared to 9 applications for white sounding applicants eg. Taylor

Question 3

What did Parkin say?

Answer 3

• ethnic minorities are a negatively privileged status group
• ethnic majority use social closure to prevent ethnic minorities from reaching positions of authority and status as a result they face a concrete ceiling in the workplace