No evidence the UK is institutionally racist
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article said:
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, found outcomes had as much to do with social class and family structure as race.
Concerns the UK is institutionally racist are not borne out by the evidence, the commission says.
But overt racism remains, it adds.
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The commission's report, which is due to be published later, said the UK had seen improvements such as an increase in diversity in elite professions and a shrinking ethnicity pay gap - although certain disparities remained.
It also found that children from ethnic communities did as well or better than white pupils in compulsory education, with black Caribbean pupils the only group to perform less well.
The aspirations and hard work of those from ethnic communities have "transformed British society over the last 50 years into one offering far greater opportunities for all", the commission said.
Education was "the single most emphatic success story of the British ethnic minority experience" and the most important tool in reducing racial disparities.
The commission noted that the pay gap between all ethnic minorities and the white majority population had shrunk to 2.3% and was not significant for employees under 30, while diversity had increased in professions such as law and medicine.
Success in education and, to a lesser extent, the economy, "should be regarded as a model for other white-majority countries", it added.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56585538Concerns the UK is institutionally racist are not borne out by the evidence, the commission says.
But overt racism remains, it adds.
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The commission's report, which is due to be published later, said the UK had seen improvements such as an increase in diversity in elite professions and a shrinking ethnicity pay gap - although certain disparities remained.
It also found that children from ethnic communities did as well or better than white pupils in compulsory education, with black Caribbean pupils the only group to perform less well.
The aspirations and hard work of those from ethnic communities have "transformed British society over the last 50 years into one offering far greater opportunities for all", the commission said.
Education was "the single most emphatic success story of the British ethnic minority experience" and the most important tool in reducing racial disparities.
The commission noted that the pay gap between all ethnic minorities and the white majority population had shrunk to 2.3% and was not significant for employees under 30, while diversity had increased in professions such as law and medicine.
Success in education and, to a lesser extent, the economy, "should be regarded as a model for other white-majority countries", it added.
Facts > Feels
Some of the pressure groups out there aren't going to be happy with the conclusions.
DOI: Brown skinned doctor son of immigrants.
Interview with Mercy Muroki one of the commissioners for the recent Race and Ethnic Disparities report.
Excellent interview and one that explores certain topics arising from the report that progressives/critical race theory advocates might not like. I'd urge anyone who has even the slightest interest in this to give it an hour of their time.
Facts > Feels.
Excellent interview and one that explores certain topics arising from the report that progressives/critical race theory advocates might not like. I'd urge anyone who has even the slightest interest in this to give it an hour of their time.
Facts > Feels.
Edited by g3org3y on Wednesday 14th April 15:28
BBC said:
Poorer white pupils neglected for decades, say MPs
"It's nothing short of a scandal" how white working class pupils in England have been "let down and neglected" by the education system for decades, says a hard-hitting report from MPs.
Robert Halfon, education select committee chairman, dismissed "divisive concepts like 'white privilege' that pit one group against another".
Poorer white pupils are falling behind "every step of the way", he warned.
The Department for Education said it was investing in "levelling up".
The report accuses the government of "muddled thinking" in failing to target support at the "forgotten" disadvantaged white pupils - who underachieve from early years through to GCSEs, A-levels and university entry.
Mr Halfon described it as a "major social injustice" that so little attention had been paid to how white pupils on free school meals underachieved compared with free school meals pupils from most other ethnic groups.
"If you think it's about poverty, then it doesn't explain why most other ethnic groups do much better," he said.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-57558746"It's nothing short of a scandal" how white working class pupils in England have been "let down and neglected" by the education system for decades, says a hard-hitting report from MPs.
Robert Halfon, education select committee chairman, dismissed "divisive concepts like 'white privilege' that pit one group against another".
Poorer white pupils are falling behind "every step of the way", he warned.
The Department for Education said it was investing in "levelling up".
The report accuses the government of "muddled thinking" in failing to target support at the "forgotten" disadvantaged white pupils - who underachieve from early years through to GCSEs, A-levels and university entry.
Mr Halfon described it as a "major social injustice" that so little attention had been paid to how white pupils on free school meals underachieved compared with free school meals pupils from most other ethnic groups.
"If you think it's about poverty, then it doesn't explain why most other ethnic groups do much better," he said.
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