Ethnicity : Theorists and key words

Question 1

Flaherty - interactionist

Answer 1

Africans, pakistanis, bangladeshis are three times more likely to be unemployed than white people
15% of minorities live in crowded homes

Question 2

Swann Report - critical

Answer 2

Social class is a main reason for ethnic differences in educational achievement

Question 3

Sewell - new right

Answer 3

Institutional racism doesn’t exist
Family is the main factor in ethnic differences in achievement
Black fathers use tough love on their kids which creates behavioural difficulties

Question 4

Mason(95) - critical

Answer 4

Discrimination is a feature of ethnic minority life in Britain

Question 5

Rex - interactionist

Answer 5

Racism leads to social exclusion and poverty by housing, diet and education

Question 6

Noon - interactionist

Answer 6

Sent letters to different companies with white and ethnic names to show racial bias

Question 7

Lawson and Garrod - critical

Answer 7

Ethnic group is used to define people’s cultural heritage and background
Ethnicity is a shared culture and identity describing a racial group

Question 8

Moynihan - functionalist

Answer 8

• Cultural deprivation is a vicious circle, where inadequately socialized children become inadequate parents
• Many black families are headed by lone parent mothers

Question 9

Bereiter & Engelmann - interactionist

Answer 9

language used by low income black American families is inadequate for educational success.

Question 10

Gillborn and Mirza - interactionist

Answer 10

Indian pupils do very well despite often not having English as their home language.

Question 11

McCulloch- critical

Answer 11

White working class also underachieve and have low aspirations

Question 12

Lupton - critical

Answer 12

Asian parents impose positive authority on their children and take interest in their education

Question 13

Pryce - critical

Answer 13

• Asian students are higher achieving because their parents are more resilient towards racism
• Slavery was devastating to black culture, as they lost language, religion and families, which make them less cohesive and underachieve

Question 14

Driver (interactionist)

Answer 14

Black Families are functional and provide positive role models of independent women

Question 15

Lawrence (critical)

Answer 15

Black families underachieve because of racism

Question 16

Wood et Al (critical)

Answer 16

Minority ethnic groups are more likely to face unemployment

Question 17

Arnot (postmodernist)

Answer 17

Media encourages anti-school black masculinity