Inequality and Ethnicity (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

Shared culture, norms & values; socially constructed

No scientific basis; historically discredited

Organisational policies/actions discriminating against ethnic minorities

Metropolitan Police was institutionally racist

Inequalities temporary; disappear via assimilation

Capitalism benefits from divided working class

Primary (secure, good pay) vs secondary (insecure, low pay)

Lowest social status; separated from main working class

Cultural factors cause disadvantage, not structural discrimination

Black Caribbean boys

Chinese and Indian pupils

Nearly half of all overcrowded households

Cheap ethnic minority labour that can be exploited

Some progress but slower than white populations