More than half of Britons have someone from a different ethnic background in their immediate circle of friends. Yet recent surveys show that most people feel that Britain is a racist society. Some suggest that the UK is becoming increasingly segregated. Why are people racist and what are the effects of racism? This book looks at racism in education, the workplace, the legal system and religious discrimination. There is also a chapter on tackling racism.
The information comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Race Issues
Racism, Population size, Words, Racism – what is it?, Word rage, What is racial discrimination?, What is racial harassment?, Police log 1,000 racist incidents a week, Schools under fire as child race crimes rocket 74%, Victims of crime, Racism at work, Discrimination in employment, Racism in the workplace, Black History Month, Black history and education, Ethnicity and education, Why black kids fail at school, Boosting Black achievement, Black boys ‘do better in a class of their own’, Breaking stereotypes, Mixed blessings, In the mix.
Chapter Two: Race, Faith and Identity
Face to faith, Main British language and religious groups, Religiously motivated crime, After the London bombings: sleepwalking to segregation, The reality of segregation, Why Trevor is wrong about race ghettos, Challenging multiculturalism, Muslims ‘take pride’ in British way of life, Two-thirds of Muslims consider leaving UK, Proud to be British?, Identity, Mixed-faith relationships.
Key Facts
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
• Racism is treating someone differently or unfairly simply because they belong to a different race or culture. People can also experience prejudice because of their religion or nationality. (page 1)
• The Race Relations Act is concerned with people’s actions and the effects of their actions, not their opinions or beliefs. Racial discrimination is not the same as racial prejudice. (page 7)
• In the last year for which statistics are available, 2003-04, there were 52,694 racist incidents recorded, a seven per cent rise from 49,078 in the previous year. (page 9)
• Britain has the highest level of mixed-race relationships in the developed world. According to the 2001 Census of England and Wales, there were 219,000 marriages between people from different ethnic backgrounds. (page 24)
• Inter-ethnic marriages account for only 2% of all marriages in England and Wales. (page 25)
• Faith ‘hate crime’ has risen nearly 600 per cent in London since the July 7th bombings. (page 27)
• 43% of British Muslims surveyed by MORI strongly agreed with the statement ‘I feel part of British society’, while 34% tended to agree. (page 35)
• First-generation Asians in Britain are less likely to view themselves as ‘British’ if they are unemployed, cannot speak English or do not have access to decent public transport according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). (page 37)
• In most non-White ethnic groups in Britain, the majority of people described their national identity as either British, English, Scottish or Welsh. This included 88 per cent of people from the Mixed group, around 80 per cent of Pakistanis, Black Caribbeans and Bangladeshis, and three-quarters of the Indian and Other Black groups. (page 38)
Racial Discrimination Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 360 1
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