Recap 14 Flashcards
Given the concentration of ethnic groups in some locations, it is no surprise that the urban landscape of some towns and cities has been altered to reflect the social characteristics and culture of dominant ethnic groups. What does this include?
Places of worship such as mosques and Hindu temples
Shops selling cooking ingredients for specific cultures, and traditional dress
Community centres and sports and leisure facilities to suit different ethnic groups
Many places in the UK have an urban landscape that looks very different to what one might expect because of the large number of ethnically specific retail outlets. Give an example.
Examples include Brick Lane – also known as ‘Banglatown’ – in London’s Tower Hamlets, which is famous for its curry restaurants
How do you think the ethnic make up of Southall may affect the White British?
May feel threatened and isolated from UK society
Feelings can spread and give spark to white British backlash – e.g. a racist attack, a National Front demonstration or the deliberate smashing of immigrant property.
In the present context, a person’s perception of where they live is greatly affected by what?
By their experiences of living in that particular place.
What three factors particularly encourage immigrants to move out of their original reception or settling location?
Improved earnings
Feeling more confident and secure in the ‘new’ society
A wish to become more assimilated into a host society
It is fair to say that the first post-colonial migrants who arrived in the UK in the 1940s and 1950s experienced outright hostility and widespread discrimination from a section of the UK’s population. Why else did they suffer?
They often suffered in their new homeland, particularly in terms of having to take low-paid jobs and occupying poor housing.
This has not gone away, but the experiences of ethnic groups has changed over the decades and their perceptions of where they live has also changed. This is due to a number of trends. What are they?
Income and jobs
Culture
Politics
Describe examples of the cultural evolution that has taken place in the UK since the 1950s
Political representation- In 2015, 41 MPs from ethnic minorities were elected, up from 4 in 1987. Ethnic minorities make up 4% of local councillors. In both cases this is far short of the 13% of the UK population who were from an ethnic minority in 2015.
Give examples that those from an ethnic minority are still disadvantaged?
Statistics show that black, Asian and other ethnic minorities are twice as likely to be unemployed and half as likely to own their own home
Why is it a concern that second-and third-generation immigrants only speak or understand a little English?
Their poor understanding of the language means that they are unable to take notes or understand basic instructions on training courses.
How can the situation for ethnic minorities today be described as?
Some are moving up and becoming wealthier. But for others, particularly their children, their future is fairly bleak. They are being drawn into the vicious downward spiral created by the link between poor housing, poor education and future criminality.
