Race Relations Act 1976
- Created by: Daniel Kirkbride
- Created on: 18-04-17 15:42
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- Race Relations Act 1976, 2001
- Features
- Employment
- Equal training and promotion opportunities, hours and fringe benefits
- Some exceptions known as 'genuine occupational requirements' e.g. in drama productions
- Organisations should have equal opportunity policies
- Goods, facilities and services
- Trade unions cannot refuse membership or apply different terms'benefits due to race
- Licensing bodies (e.g. police or magistrates) cannot be racist and must take previous racist conduct of applicants into account
- Education
- Applies to all schools and colleges
- Exception of overseas students (not British citizens who may return home after education), allowing education providers to charge higher fees
- Housing
- Covers renting, buying and selling (e.g. cannot charge different prices)
- Exceptions of small boarding houses. shared accommodation/owner-occupiers (unless an estate agent is used
- Charities for particular groups are allowed to provide exclusively for them
- Covers discrimination between all ethnic groups
- Employment
- Strengths
- Act covers most areas
- Applies to ALL racial and ethnic groups (including discrimination between minorities
- The act covers both actions and behaviours
- Places a duty on providers to consider diversity
- Prevents victimisation
- Ensures that organisations promote good relationships
- Weaknesses
- Difficult to identify discrimination
- Legislation does not change attitudes
- People may not know their rights
- Why people may not want to report discrimination
- Fear of victimisation
- Denial
- Don't know who to go to
- Why people may not want to report discrimination
- Cases can be expensive and time-consuming
- It is difficult to monitor daily services e.g. care homes
- Effects of racism
- Low self-esteem
- Fear of accessing services
- Anger
- Lack of trust
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Why people may not want to report discrimination
- Fear of victimisation
- Denial
- Don't know who to go to
- Examples of indirect discrimination
- Victimisation and harrassment
- Dress codes for facial hair i.e. clean-shaven (Sikhs and other cultures are excluded)
- Examples of direct discrimination
- Refusing services
- Refusing employment
- Segregation
- Features
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