PATTERNS & TRENDS Flashcards
How much of the UK population are ethnic minorities?
14%
What laws have been passed to protect ethnic minorities?
Race Relations Act and Equality Act.
What did Wood find about discrimination against names?
Found evidence of discrimination in favour of white sounding names over equivalent applications from ethnic minorities was 29%.
What did Davidson mean by the term ‘concrete ceiling’?
Embedded discrimination that prevents ethnic minority women being promoted.
What did the ONS find about ethnicity and low income households?
Around 2/5 of people from ethnic minorities live in low-income households, twice that of white people.
What did the 2011 census find about Bangladeshi and Pakistani deprivation?
One in three were living in deprived neighbourhoods.
What did Alcock argue about material deprivation?
Many ethnic minority groups experience material deprivation and this can lead to social exclusion.
What did Sedghi find about employment rates for Black African and Black Caribbean women?
Have experienced a 15-20% fall in full-time employment rates over the past decade.
What did Sedghi find about employment for Chinese and Indian men?
The rate of part-time employment for Chinese and Indian men have doubled in the last 10 years.
In what areas are black and ethnic minority people outperforming white British people according to Sedghi?
In obtaining 5 or more GCSEs at grade A*-C .
