Ethnic Advantage

Question 1

MacPherson Report (Crime)

Answer 1

Police forces should reflect the cultural mix of the communities they serve:
-Campaigns to employ EM officers - positive discrimination = BAME applicants in a more advantaged position

Question 2

MacPherson Report (Crime)

Answer 2

Recommendations to subject the police to public control:
-Government Established performance indicators for handling racist incidents
-Ensure rights of victims and extended what was classed as racist

Question 3

Observer (Workplace)

Answer 3

Chinese people have overcome economic barriers:
-Lowest levels of unemployment
-Highest levels of car ownership
-Highest achievement in education

Question 4

Archer & Francis (Education)

Answer 4

Tiger Parenting:
- Parents pay £100,000 to teach their children Britishness for oxbridge exams

Question 5

Moor et al (Media)

Answer 5

Range of Media:
-More media is owned by ethnic minorities e.g newspapers, magazines Indian Times
-Mainstream programmes present more positive representation of EM e.g Channel

Question 6

Abercrombie (Media)

Answer 6

Programmes and series have been developed for ethnic audience:
-Black and Asian actors are now playing ordinary characters instead of being villains e.g Coronation Street

Question 7

Forbes (Workplace)

Answer 7

Ethnic minorities are improving in the workplace:
-Richest man in the UK is Lakshmi Mittal
-Evidence shows that Chinese and Indian people are least likely to fall into poverty

Question 8

Youth Cohort (Education)

Answer 8

-Chinese and Indian pupils have the highest grades overall
-More likely to go into further education