Evidence of inequalities Ethnic Flashcards
Barron and Norris
Workplace
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).
Wood et al
Workplace
ound 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.
Harding
Crime
Street Casino’ study shows that black Afro-Caribbean boys in London are more likely to be dragged into gang culture – He states that this happens in areas of deprivation and that the government need to act on this.
hood
Crime
Black men were more likely than white men to receive custodial sentences for offences which have fines or community services as punishments. This shows evidence of ‘institutional racism’ in the police force.
Hartmann and Husbands
Media
Argues that the media operates within a culture that sees “foreigners” and ethnic minorities as inferior to White British people
Hall
Media
Basic representations – natives, entertainers and slaves. Ethnicity is viewed through the ‘white eye’ meaning BME characters are presented in the way that white people view them
Van Dijk
media
content analysis to study representations of ethnic groups in the UK over a 10 year period and found that the media stereotype black people in 5 ways. These were criminal, abnormal, a threat, unimportant and dependant. This including presenting cultural practises as abnormal and using blanket terminology such as ‘asian culture
Heintz-Knowles
media
Children from minority ethnic groups are underrepresented in children’s tv shows.
butler
Education
Studied 3rd generation Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslim girls and found that they wanted to do well in education however this was not supported by their parents. Butler found that they wanted their children to prioritise norms, values and roles that fitted the traditions of their country of origin – Such as taking the expressive role within the home.
Gillborn
education
Argues that black Afro-Caribbean boys face institutional racism at school and that they are put into lower sets and entered for lower tier exams limiting their chances of success – This can again narrows their future opportunities.
mirza
education
black Afro-Caribbean girls and found that they faced institutional racism and negative labelling from teachers. Although they did resist this and achieve in education they still faced these negative attitudes and potentially do not achieve as well as they could due to lack of support from teachers.
The F word
the work place
Grenfell tower has become a symbol of systemic instructional and structural ethnic inequalities.
It represent the ignored , the marginalised, the vilified , the misrepresented , the misunderstood and those who are too often the victims of discrimination and prejudice
Social trends survey 2007
Crime
Black people are almost 7 times more likey to stop and searched than white people
