Ethnic Inequality Studies

Ethnic Classification

Verotec (2007) now far greater variety of groups of individuals living in UK, form more places around the world. He uses the term super diverity to explain this

Workplace

Modood and Berthound (1997) carries out an analysis of household income by ethnic group, key finding extent of poverty among Pakastani and Bangladeshi households

Education

Wright (1992) found teacher racsim, teachers held labels of students that mean they believed asian students would have a poor grasp of English and left them out of discussions or spoke to them in simple terms.

Crime

Marxist believe capitalisism reated racsism, Castles and Koscak (1973) this is because the capitalist class can use ethnic minorities as cheap labour.

Functionalism

Parsons argued overtime common calue would change, minority ethnic groups would either become assimilated or integrated into emerginf chared value system and play a full role in meritocratic society

Marxist

Cox (1948) proposed racial differences and racism had been creation of economic system, racsim was created and sustained by capitalism

Neo Marxist

Miles (1980) made important contribution when he argued that minority ethnic groups are part of the same class structure as the majority group however, they are a racialised part of it.

Weberian

Parkin (1968) terms minority ethnic groups as 'negatively privilged staus groups'