Multi-ethnic UK: General Flashcards
What are the reasons that show racism can still exist with a multi-ethnic society
Many immigrants have to settle for poorer paid jobs and live in the poorest areas
There is still a greater unemployment rate amongst Black and Minority Ethnic people than white people
Different races have different cultures which can cause friction
Different ethnic groups have different expectations which can be difficult to live with and can lead to racism
What percentage of the UK is of ethnic origin?
About 14%
Britain is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial society
What has been the UK’s long term attitude to immigration?
The UK has always been a mixed society, ever since Anglo-Saxon times
The UNK has traditionally been a place that welcomed those suffering persecution abroad, such as Jews during the war
Following the end of the British Empire, the UK Government allowed wide-scale immigration of citizens in the Commonwealth countries to live and work here
What has been the UK’s more recent attitude to immigration?
More recently there has been large-scale immigration to the UK from the countries of Eastern Europe, particularly Poland
Between 2004 and 2006, more than 600,000 eastern Europeans came to live and work in the UK - during the same time 198,000 British citizens emigrated
What is the problem with immigration?
Most of the Eastern European immigrants work either in the building or retail industries
There have been protests about the pressure new immigrants have brought on housing and other public services
What do people use Barack Obama as?
Some people believe that racism is less of a problem because recently the first black President of America, Barack Obama, was elected
Martin Luther King said on 28 August 1963 in a speech that he had a dream that one day black and white people would live together equally
Why is Britain a multi-ethnic society?
Britain has always believed in human freedom and so people have come over to escape persecution in their own country, e.g. many Jews came over during WW2 to escape from Hitler’s concentration camps
Britain used to have a huge overseas empire. People in countries which were ruled by Britain were allowed to settle in Britain. Slaves who came to Britain were immediately free.
During WW2, people from the Commonwealth were invited over to Britain to fill up jobs which has been left by the soldiers who had been killed
