Inequalities of Integration

Unequal life chances and life choices of ethnic minorities : 

Unequal life chances and life choices of ethnic minorities The UK perspective Dr. Marc Verlot

Outline : 

Outline Introductory remarks Different experiences: Education * Early Years * Foundation stage * KS2 * GCSE’s Structure or culture? Black Boys as an example Conclusion

Introductory Remarks : 

Introductory Remarks Unclear about goals: is integration more than social mobility? UK |: data rich but analysis poor? Documentation on social mobility Less understanding about integration

Integration by the (former) CRE : 

Integration by the (former) CRE

Different experience: Early Years : 

Different experience: Early Years Source: Bell and Finch (2004)

Different experiences: Early Years : 

Different experiences: Early Years

Different Experiences: Foundation stage ( DFES, 2006) : 

Different Experiences: Foundation stage ( DFES, 2006)

Different experiences: KS2 : 

Different experiences: KS2

Effect of Ethnicity and Deprivation on GCSE Results (DfES 2005) : 

Effect of Ethnicity and Deprivation on GCSE Results (DfES 2005)

Structure or Culture? Black Boys! : 

Structure or Culture? Black Boys!

Cultural, Structural & Persistent Inequalities : 

Cultural, Structural & Persistent Inequalities Structural reasons Cultural reasons Persistent Inequalities "People with low levels of educational achievement can expect to be less employable, therefore poorer, therefore less healthy and probably less likely to participate in civic activity. The kinds of people who are less likely to be employed are also more likely to be involved in crime, to have shorter life-spans and to have less fulfilling family lives". (Equalities Review 2007)

Conclusion : 

Conclusion Racial inequality can no longer be simply addressed by raising the stakes for ethnic minorities and putting them at the same starting position of the majority population. Rather we propose to focus on the persistent inequalities and strive for 'deep’ or ‘thick’ equality' where somebody's ethnic background does not affect his life chances and his life choices. The 10 steps to deal with persistent inequalities in the Equalities Review provides a first model to start looking differentely to these challenges