New Right - ethnicity Flashcards

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Thiel research

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Conducted ethnographic study on a London building site

  • Participant observation used for one year

Working class culture was observed alongside ethnicity

  • Ethnic hierarchy existed in labour force

Sub-contractors employed men from their own community and ethnicity and their rarely employed men from outside of their community

  • Carpenters = Indian ethnicity
  • Labourers = Irish ethnicity
  • Plasterers = Seychelles
  • Managers = White British

Migrant workers from outside of these ethnic groups were rarely employed even if they could work hard for less pay

If migrant workers employed they were first to be fired if demand for work reduced (racism amongst different ethnic groups)

Affected employment opportunities and economic power of ethnic groups in the labour market

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Tony Sewell

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Black masculinity & schooling.
- studied afro caribbean boys aged 11-16 in UK comprehensive schooling

Boys raised by lone mothers, lacked father / male role model

Vulnerable to peer group pressure
* being drawn into gangs and forming anti school groups

Displayed macho forms of masculinity
* wanted respect and often rejected authority figures

“Black masculinity” subculture formed and peer group was comfort zone for young males, rejected by absent fathers and education system

18% of afro caribbean boys adopted anti school subculture

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Evaluation of Tony Sewell

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Criticised for blaming Afro-Caribbean for their own underachievement.

Doesn’t acknowledge real cause of failure
-institutional racism and racism in education

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