RACISM IN WIDER SOCIETY

Question 1

Mason (2000)

Answer 1

Discrimination is a continuing and persistent feature of the experience of Britain’s citizens of minority ethnic origin

Question 2

Rex (1986) shows how racial discrimination leads to social exclusion and how this worsens the poverty faced by ethnic minorities

Answer 2

a. Housing- discrimination means that minorities are more likely to be forced into substandard housing than white people of the same class

Question 3

Wood et al (2010)

Answer 3

a. Wood et al sent 3 closely matched job applications to each of 1,000 job vacancies
b. These applications were made with fictitious names all using different ethnic groups
c. Only 1 in 16 ‘ethnic minority’ applications got an interview whereas with ‘white’ applications this figure was 1 in 9