Views of ethnic inequality
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- Created on: 27-11-15 15:39
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- Views on Ethnic Inequality
- Marxism
- Black people are part of the working class, who are exploited by the Proletariats
- Racism benefits capitalism by: increasing polarisation, making EMs exploited, higher wages for whites and more profits
- Racism is a powerful influence in society and it has three main objectives
- Unemployment, pay and bad conditions for ethnic minorities don't create much controversy
- To make white workers perceive black workers as threats
- Problems caused by capitalism can be blamed on ethnic minorities
- The media is a form of indoctrination
- Weberianism
- Ethnic minorities have less status situation, due to prejudice and discrimination
- Legal and political framework for ethnic minorities is weak, making them have a low party situation
- Postmodernism
- Ethnic identities are being eroded by globalisation
- People pick and mix their identity
- There's more hybrid identities
- Different people have different experiences
- Racism is declining
- Genetic Explanations
- Hernstein and Murray (1994) argued that black people have lower IQs than whites, so they have less economic success
- Institutional racism
- The most important structural explanation for ethnic inequality
- Suggests that racism is a basic feature of Britain's social institutions
- It results from structural processes and procedures of organisation
- It may result from stereotypes and the failure to take into consideration particular needs for ethnic minorities
- Cultural Explanations
- Some ethnic groups have language problems, which may limit their employment chances
- Some patterns of disadvantage may stem from cultural choices and traditions (e.g. Purdah may explain why South Asian women are unemployed)
- The different succession rates of ethnic groups may have a reflection of particular cultural assets and traditions
- Marxism
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