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What were some statistics from Lammys review in 2017?

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  • 46% of Ethnic minority children who offend end up reoffending
  • 41% of under 18s in custody are from minority backgrounds compared to 25% 10 years ago
  • Young black people are now 9x more likely to be in youth custody than your white people
  • 50% of employers wouldn’t give someone a job with a criminal record
  • Black males are 9x more likely to be prosecuted for a drug offence
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What do Marxists argue about ethnic inequalities?

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  • They occur due to capitalism
  • Immigrants are scapegoated by ruling class to distract others
  • Ethnic minorities are an easy target for the reserve army of labour
  • If capitalism hadn’t developed racial prejudice may not have existed
3
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What do Black Feminists argue about ethnic minorities?

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Ethnic minority women face a double disadvantage and white feminists do not acknowledge this

4
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What do Weberians argue about ethnic inequalities?

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Ethnic minority groups form radicalised class fractions

5
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What do Functionalists argue about ethnic inequalities?

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  • Cultures of different ethnic groups and the choice they make affect their life chances and workplace opportunities
  • They are temporary and are a result of cultural differences between immigrants and the host nation
6
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What does the New Right argue about ethnic inequalities?

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Welfare reforms led to an increase in black youths losing interest in getting jobs

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What do Postmodernists argue about ethnic inequalities?

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Contemporary Uk is now super diverse, groups have different experiences

8
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According to the Race Disparity Audit how much more likely are ethnic minorities to be unemployed?

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2x

9
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According to Children Now what percentage of super heroes are white?

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85%

10
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According to the Lammy Report what percentage of the prison population are made up of BAME?
(Black Asian Minority Ethnic)

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46%