Ethnicity inequality explanations

Question 1

Functionalist -patterson

Answer 1

equilibrium and consensus is broken when immigrants enter .This results in a culture clash between the immigrants and the host community. Hosts are not racist but rather unsure at how to approach the newcomers.three causes of ethnic inequality.
-Host culture fears the cultural differences of immigrant strangers
-Host cultures resentment at having to compete with immigrants
-Failure of immigrants to assimilate
-immigrants will become more accepted as they assimilate and norms shift

Question 2

evaluation of patterson

Answer 2

Naive to assume that all ethnic minorities can assimilate into british culture.
ignores the significance of capitalism-marxist.

Question 3

Marxist-cox

Answer 3

Racism is something that is developed against the exploited by the exploiters.Early capitalism went hand in hand with colonialism.Justified actions by claiming they the white ethnic group was superior to others. Racism is developed to justify exploitation so the exploited cannot be the first to develop racism .

Question 4

evaluation of cox

Answer 4

his views are are too simplistics .No evidence that it functions as as a ideological apparatus.race blind

Question 5

weberian ideas on ethnicity

Answer 5

White people are more likely to have better market and job situation so be in a higher class.
Ethnic minorities have have less power and status-power is in the hands of the majority ethnic group even within the same class of jobs.

Question 6

eval

Question 7

femenist

Question 8

eval

Question 9

new right

Question 10

eval

Question 11

Baron and Norris

Answer 11

Weberian-the dual labour market theory applied to distribution of ethnicities-ethnic minorities more likely to hold positions in the secondary labour market..
Ethnic minorities also hold less status and face discrimination.