Ethnic Minorities

Ethnic Minorities

1. Department of Work and Pensions (2009) two fifths of EM are in poverty

2. 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

3. 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

4. 2007/8 52% of black Caribbean people received the lowest grades

   • More likely to face vertical segregation

5. 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

6. 27% of Chinese & 25% of Indian experience higher rates of professional positions