Racism, harassment and discrimination takes a terrible toll on ethnic minority NHS staff: Zeynep Demir Aslim/Shutterstock During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time filled with uncertainty and fear, ethnically minoritised NHS staff have not only had to contend with the virus but also a workplace fraught with inequalities. Recent reports highlight concerning – and ongoing – …
Pay gaps and less chance of a top degree: the unequal experience of ethnic minority staff and students at English universities: fizkes/Shutterstock A 2020 report on racial harassment published by industry body Universities UK drew attention to the “institutional racism and systemic issues that pervade the entire higher education sector”. In the same year, the …
Minority ethnic politicians are pushing harsh immigration policies – why representation doesn’t always mean racial justice: There’s no question that British politics is becoming more diverse. From only four minority ethnic MPs elected in 1987, now 67 MPs are from a minority ethnic background. The Scottish first minister, Humza Yousaf, recently became the first minority …
A brief history of camp: from minority sensibility to political protest: Early in the first episode of the BBC reality dating show I Kissed A Boy, glamorous pop star Danni Minogue descends a staircase to greet the all-male line-up of contestants. “Probably not the right heels for this,” she admits. “Don’t worry, I’ve got another …
The worries parents from ethnic minority backgrounds have about their children’s experiences at school: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Children and young people should be able to study in schools that recognise and respect their diverse backgrounds. But teachers sometimes struggle to handle this diversity in the classroom. Findings from research conducted in Ireland have shown that teachers may …
The Banyamulenge: how a minority ethnic group in the DRC became the target of rebels – and its own government: Banyamulenge community members at the funeral of one of their own in eastern DRC. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images The Banyamulenge are a minority ethnic group in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …
More ethnic minority teachers are needed in UK schools – but teaching can affect their mental health and wellbeing: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock There is a major shortage of new teachers in England, and this includes teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds. Research from 2020 found that 46% of schools in England had no Black or ethnic minority teaching …
Diwali in the UK: how commodifying minority religions can risk cultural appropriation: The commercial potential of Diwali is capturing the attention of the high street. Big brand retailers are cashing in by adapting existing products to promote sales of Diwali-themed goods. But little, if any, mention is being made of the festival’s religious nature, and …
How financial technology can discriminate against people speaking minority dialects – new evidence from China: Chaay_Tee / Shutterstock In the UK, studies have repeatedly found evidence of accentism. Prejudice based on someone’s way of speaking can affect people in the classroom, the office and beyond. Our research of dialects and peer-to-peer lending in China found …
Ethnic minority workers earn much less than white counterparts within the same firm – new findings: Same role, different wage. AllGo, CC BY-SA Ethnic minorities make up an ever larger share of the UK workforce. Where just over 6% of all workers were from minority backgrounds 20 years ago, now it’s nearly 14%. Yet employees …
Three ways to improve the uptake of COVID vaccines by ethnic minority groups in the UK: CameraCraft/Shutterstock COVID vaccines protect people from severe illness and death, but in the UK, they’re not doing so evenly. While overall uptake of COVID vaccines in Britain is high, it isn’t uniform across all ethnic groups. At the beginning …
Young and ethnic minority workers were hardest hit at the start of COVID, but not anymore: Young workers have been quicker to adapt. Wayas Saeed/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Governments had to take unprecedented measures to control the spread of the COVID pandemic, shutting down whole sectors and encouraging many people to work from home. The UK …
South Africa in the news: Fred McKinney (opinion): The threat of white minority rule in the United States: In politics, the Republican Party is trying to cheat its way into power and create white minority rule. Just as baseball had to rewrite and enforce its rules to keep up with the creativity of rule …: …
South Africa in the news: Fred McKinney (opinion): The threat of white minority rule in the United States: In politics, the Republican Party is trying to cheat its way into power and create white minority rule. Just as baseball had to rewrite and enforce its rules to keep up with the creativity of rule …: …
Working-class and ethnic minority accents in south-east England judged as less intelligent – new research: fizkes/Shutterstock There’s been much – and rightful – scrutiny of prejudice towards accents in the north of England. For instance, research has highlighted teachers with northern accents being told to “posh up” and northern university students being ridiculed for their …
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Coronavirus shows how hard it is for ethnic minority and migrant women to access healthcare: We were told at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that the virus did not discriminate. But the truth is that COVID-19 has brought to light the structural inequalities in healthcare that have existed for decades. In the UK, people …
Black and minority ethnic businesses need support to weather the pandemic: The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted underlying inequalities that ethnic minorities face in the UK. In England, both death rates and hospital admission rates are more than twice as high for Black people or people from a south Asian background than they are for white …