Category: Race and Ethnicity
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Decades of Racist Immigration Policy
A recent report produced by the Home Office (by an unnamed historian) has found that the Windrush Scandal was caused by decades of racist immigration policies. In case you don’t remember it, the Windrush Scandal first came to public attention in 2018 when it came to light that 83 ethnic minority immigrants to the UK…
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Are the Police Racist?
This post is an update of some of the evidence that might suggest the police in England and Wales are Racist. This is a key topic within the sociology of Crime and Deviance. You can view a summary of the latest statistics on ethnicity and crime here. This 2018 Video from News Night is worth…
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The Deportation of Chevon Brown – A Breach of Human Rights?
It can be difficult to find easy to understand examples of the state breaching individual human rights, but the recent deportation of Chevon Brown might just be one such example. This case study from February 2020 is relevant to the ‘state crime and human right’s topic within the A-level sociology Crime and Deviance module. In…
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West Indian Immigration to Britain: 1948: The Empire Windrush
It’s seventy years since the Empire Windrush arrived in Britain, carrying hundreds of West Indian immigrants, and the event has come to symbolize the start of the first wave Commonwealth migration to the United Kingdom. How did it all start? The Empire Windrush was a troopship, commandeered from the Germans at the end of WW2.…
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Ethnicity and Inequality in the UK 2017
The issue of why there are inequalities by ethnicity in the UK is a topic which runs all the way through the A level sociology syllabus. This post simply presents some sources which provide information on the extent of inequality in life chances by ethnicity in contemporary Britain. As it stands, in 2017 it seems…
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An Introduction to Ethnicity
ethnicity is cultural, and often contrasted to ‘race’ which refers to biological differences.
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An Introduction to the Concept of ‘Race’ for Sociology Students
Race is now discredited historical concept which classifies people on the basis of biological differences.
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Tony Sewell – explaining black boys’ underachievement
Tony Sewell suggested an anti-school culture may be responsible for the underachievement of black boys.
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Sociology in the News
This seems to be a clear-cut (and very unfortunate) example of overt discrimination on the basis of religion: On 16th February, Juhel Miah, a respected British Muslim schoolteacher travelling as part of a school trip to New York was denied entry to the United States. He was travelling from Wales with a group of children and…
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Racism in the British Criminal Justice System – Selected Evidence
Unfortunately, there is a considerable amount of evidence suggesting a long history of institutional racism within the Criminal Justice System. Below we are going to look at the short version, starting with the case study of Stephen Lawrence… The list of evidence is long, but there are limitations with this evidence, and alternative ways…
