Ethnic Inequality
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Ethnic Inequality
Evidence:
Wealth inequalities:
Rich list and ethnicity
· Sunday Times Rich List 2009: the richest 100 people in Britain is dominated by white groups.
· 5 are categorised as "Asian", highest = Mittel (1st)
· 2 as "Arab", highest = Tajir (18th)
· 0 are "Black", highest is Ibrahim (178th)
Income/salary inequality
· British Indian and British Chinese men earn the highest full time hourly wage (£13.49 and £13.00)
· British Pakistani and British Bangladeshi men have the lowest hourly wage (£9.98 and £10.24)
Unemployment data
· Black Caribbean men have the highest level of unemployment (12%)
Temporary work data
· Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups are about twice as likely as white groups to be on temporary work contracts
Glass ceiling/vertical segregation data
· 15-20% of all ethnic groups are managers and senior officials
Horizontal segregation data
· around half of British Bangladeshi men in employment work in the restaurant industry
· about 13% of British Pakistani workers work as a taxi driver compared to 1% nationally
Discrimination evidence
· In 2003, 3,183 legal claims made concerning alleged racial discrimination in employment, double the number in 1995. 16% resulting in prosecution of the employer
Educational inequality:
Achievement data
· 75% of British Chinese pupils obtain 5 A*-C grades at GCSE compared to 33% of British Black Caribbean pupils
Exclusions
· The exclusion rate for pupils from British Black groups is four times higher than British…
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