Ethnicity 20 marker

Question 1

Why GCSE differences? (1)

Answer 1

💩Swell - teachers have stereotypes based on black boys = see their behaviour as negative
💩Wright - teachers are overtly racist, teachers paid less attention to asian pupils but had higher expectations from then compared to black pupils

Question 2

Why GCSE differences? (2)

Answer 2

😻 cassen and kingdom - around 1/2 of all low achieving school leavers are white British males 
👀 Strand - white british have the low-socio economic homes = least progress 
💡 Gillborn - poverty is largest driver for different performance, suggesting that class is more important

Question 3

Alevel?

Answer 3

Chinese, A*-A 24%

Black, A* - A 4%

Question 4

Why, Alevel?

Answer 4

1⃣ Connor et al - rates of stating on in full time educations is higher for ethnic minorities rather than whites
2⃣ Horgerson - explained by the cultural attitudes towards education
3⃣ Howard - ethnic minorities are motivated by higher qualifications so they dont have to work in low skilled work

Question 5

Crime? Blacks

Answer 5

Black ethnic groups = overrepresented in ever stage of the criminal system
> 3% of population 
---- 8% arrests 
---- 6% cautions 
---- 12% prison population

Question 6

Crimes? Asians and Whites

Answer 6

Slightly overrepresented
5% population
6% prison population

Whites = underrepresented

Less likely to be arrested, cautioned or imprisoned

Question 7

Why crime???

Answer 7

1⃣ Holdaway - police officers have stereotypical views on the criminality of youths from blacks = higher rates of being stopped and searchedo
2⃣ Skolnick - canteen culture
3⃣ Macphersons Report

Question 8

GSCE achievement vary between ethnic groups

Answer 8

Chinese - 18% 5 A*-C
; increased in 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 
= narrowing the achievement gap 
Black - 4% below national average
; longterm achievement has narrowed by 3% in 2007/2008
Asian - 4% above national average

Question 9

Victimisation

ETHNIC GROUPS LIKLY TO BE A VICTIM OF RACISM

Answer 9

mixed - 40%
Black - 30%
Asian - 25%
White - 24%

Question 10

British crime survey?

Answer 10

Great to fear of crime with ethnic minority groups

Great deal of crime is intra ethnic between ethnic group’s-
90% of crimes victims = white
at least one offender was white

Question 11

Why Victimisation?

Answer 11

1⃣ Bowling and Philips - ethnic minority is Sophia high rates of victimisation feel over policed and under protected
2⃣ Sampson and Philips - victimisation is ongoing with repeated minor instances which are less likely to be reported