Ethnicity and Inequality - Black EM Flashcards
What does the ONS say about B EM unemployment?
3x more likely to be unemployed than White
What did the Hills Report 2013 find?
Black EM men recieve 13-21% less - £1.80 less per hour than similarly qualified white men
What did the Joseph Rowntree Foundation find about Black professional men?
They earn on average 25% less than their White counterparts
What did the BBC SUrvey 2004 find?
Success rate for fictitious job applications was 13% for Blacks, 25% for white
What does Yi Cheung call the job market inequality?
Ethnic penalty (Af-Carib graduates 2x more likely to be unemployed)
What did Jenkins find about inequality in the workplace?
Stereotypical assumptions of Black EMs were held in the interview process - Ems seen as unsuitable for work
What did the Cabinet Office 2003 blame for job inequalities?
EM groups lacking social capital
Which % of Black pupils got 5A*-C?
48% Black compared to 58% white and 72% Indian
How much more likely are Black pupils to be excluded and expelled?
Excluded - 4 to 6 times more likely
Expelled - 3 times more likely
What did Gillborn find in schools?
Institutional racism - eg bullying not tackled, lack of EM representation in the staff, failure to understand EM culture leading to conflictsa
What did Coard find (education)?
The ethnocentric curriculum creates low EM self esteem
What did Tikly find (education)?
Curriculum’s emphasis on negatives (eg the slave trade) rather than Black achievements causes pupil frustratin
What did the Wanless Report find?
Black pupils often placed in bottom sets due to their behaviour
When based on tests Blacks outperformed whites, when based on observations the reverse was true
What did Connolly find (education)?
Teachers held stereotypes of Black pupils as disruptivw
When social class is considered, how do Black EM compare to White?
Of children recieving FSM:
Whites - 20% get 5A*-C
Af-Carrib - 34%
Pakistani - 35%
