Ethnicity: Outside factors Flashcards
What are ethnic minority’s more likely to experience?
Low income = material deprivation
What is outside factors broke down into?
- Material deprivation
- Attitude and values
- Language
- Family structure
- Racism in wider society
Flaherty (2004) - material deprivation
- Low income
- unemployment 3 times higher
- overcrowding conditions
- prevents women working - culture
- lack language skills and qualifications
However point platt (2001)
The highest hourly pay of full time males was found in Chinese and Indian ethnic groups which support education
What values do Ethnic minorities encourage?
Immediate gratification and fatalism
Archer and Francis (2007) - attitudes and values
Chinese parents highly value education, thus Chinese pupils are more successful than other ethnic groups
Who underperforms due to language barriers
Bangladeshi and Pakistanis due to speaking less fluent english creating difficulties understanding
Murray - Family structure
Argued financial difficulties and lack of role model leads to inadequate socialisation (black households)
Lupton (2004) - family structure
Argues Asian families authority is similar to ways schools operate, due to high work ethic
Tiger Parenting
pressured and demanding parenting to over-achieve academically
McCulloch (2014) - family structure
lack of parental support may explain why white WC have low aspirations and levels of achievement
Mason- Racism in wider society
Discrimination is prevalent in British society many ethnic minorities face social exclusion
Wood et al - racism in wider society
evidence in employment sent 1,000 job applications 1/16 minorities were offered compared to 1/9 white applicants
What are the Weaknesses of outside factors ?
- Reductionist - blames ppl
- Deterministic
Why is the outside factors of ethnicity reductionist ?
Blames people for there own educational failure however schools may be top blame
