Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Ethnic Minorities
- Department of Work and
Pensions (2009) two fifths
of EM are in poverty
- Reasons for high poverty
- Unemployment
- Racial discimination
- 5 Lives
- Traditional "white"
sounding names were
replied to in their job offers
- 9% of Muslim
applicants were
accepted
- Applications for "black"
candidates only had 13%
success rate
- 70% of EM live in the 88
most deprived areas
- Less job opportunities
- Horizontal
segregation
- Poverty rates for Pakistani and
Bangladeshi are 60% and 70%
- Flaherty (2004)
- Could be because relying
on one income because
women conform to
traditional gender roles
- 2007/8 52% of black Caribbean
people received the lowest grades
- More likely to face vertical segregation
- ONS (2010) 36% of
Bangladeshi/Pakistani
have low paid jobs
- 26% of Black African
- 23% of Black Caribbean
- 22% of Indian
- Pakistani central in manufactoring
- Bangladeshi & Chinese: catering
- Caribbean & African: manual
- 27% of Chinese & 25% of
Indian experience higher rates
of professional positions