ETHNICITY EVIDENCE Flashcards
workplace
- Barron and Norris - Suggests that the ‘ethnic majority’ E.g. White British as found in the Primary Labour Market (characterised by high pay, high status, good fringe benefits such as private pensions and healthcare), whereas ethnic minorities are found in the Secondary Labour Market (characterised by low pay, low status, lack of fringe benefits, poor working conditions).
- Gov.uk: in 2017, other white ethnic group had the highest employment rate out of all ethnic groups (81%), pakistani/Bangladeshi had the lowest (55%)
- Wood et al - Did a field experiment to examine job applications - they found that people with names associated with an ethnic minority background would have to make 16 applications before they got a positive response, compared with 9 applications for ‘white-sounding’ applicants.
education
Jasper: afro carribean negativly treated by teachers in school and are negatively stereotypes as ‘non-achievers’ then they self fullfilling prophecy
Gillborn: argues that black afro-carribean face institutional racism at school and that they are put into lower sets and entered for lower tier exams limiting their chances of success (D grade)
Mirza: studied black afro carribean girls, faced institutional racism and negative labelling from teachers, (they resits this to prove them wrong)
media
Heintz-Knowles: children from ethnic minorities groups are underrepresented in children tv shows
Children now- fair play survey : 86% of heros are white and 86% of black female characters were victims of violence
Van dijk: media sterotype in 5 ways 1.criminal 2.abnormal 3.a threat 4.unimportant 5.dependent
crime
Social trends survey (2017)- black people are almost 7 times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people
Harding - “street casino” study shows that black Afro-Carribbean boys in london are more likely to be dragged into gang culture
The lammy report- over 40% of young people in custody are from BAME backgrounds - link to institutional racism
