ethnic minority disadvantages

Question 1

wood

Answer 1

workplace, applicants with an ethnic name had to apply 16 times before a positive response, compared to 9 from white sounding names.

Question 2

gov.uk

Answer 2

workplace, in 2017, out of people aged 16-64, 81% were white, 55% were Bangladeshi (lowest).

Question 3

parkin

Answer 3

workplace, concrete ceiling, social closure.

Question 4

DofE stats

Answer 4

education, level of progress, black students: 39.6%, white: 46.1%.

Question 5

mirza

Answer 5

education, Caribbean girls faced negative labelling and racism from teachers, lack of support.

Question 6

Jasper

Answer 6

education, Caribbean boys are labelled as non-achievers, negatively labelled by teachers.

Question 7

Alexander

Answer 7

media, asian youths unfairly targeted by police. Myth of asian gangs.

Question 8

children now

Answer 8

media, ethnic minorities were stereotyped in video games, 86% of heroes were white, 86% of black females were represented as victims of crime.

Question 9

van dijk

Answer 9

media, stereotype black people in 5 ways: criminal, abnormal, a threat, unimportant, dependant.

Question 10

The lammy report

Answer 10

crime, over 40% of young people in custody are from BAME backgrounds. Increased from 11% in 2006, to 16% in 2016.

Question 11

hood

Answer 11

crime, black men were more likely to receive a custodial sentence than white men.

Question 12

social trends survey

Answer 12

crime, black people were almost 7x more likely to be stopped and searched compared to white people.