Views Of Ethnic Inequality Flashcards
What did Modood (2005) find about the likelihood of high-ranked Uni scholarship between the races?
White students more likely to get high rated uni scholarship
75% = likelyhood of white
57% = Pakistani
What do functionalists believe about ethnic inequality?
That it can be explained by assimilation theory (Paterson 1965) - meaning that all minority groups should be absorbed into British main stream culture inorder for society to function
What is a criticism of functionalist views of ethnic inequality?
It disregards racism and is ethnocentric as it assumes supirority of British values
What is the marxist view of ethnic inequality?
Systematic racism is where ethnic minorities are legitimized as 2nd class citizens, so they can be payed less and treated worse + divide and conquer
Ev - Miles ‘racialised class fractions’
What is a criticism of Marxist views of inequality?
It ignores modern policies such as the Equality Act of 2010
What is Rex and Tomlinson’s explanation of ethnic inequality? (Weberism)
A,black underclass forms in response to having low party, status and class power due to huge difficulty finding employment
What is Barron and Norris’s explanation of Ethnic inequality? (Weberian)
The duel labour market means that the secondary sector is made up mostly from minority groups (BAME); so they have low acess to class and status power and in turn, party
What is the postmodernist view of ethnic inequality?
The racial disadvantage is imposible to discuss as its not fixed and people can now choose their culture
What a critism of postmodernist views of ethnic inequality?
It flat out ingores racism
