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Minority ethnic Britons face ‘shocking’ job
discrimination
Haroon Siddique
Thu 17 Jan 2019 17.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 18 Jan 2019 00.50 GMT
A study by experts based at the Centre for Social
Investigation at Nuffield College, University of Oxford,
found applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds
had to send 80% more applications to get a positive
response from an employer than a white person of
British origin.
A linked study by the same researchers, comparing
their results with similar field experiments dating
back to 1969, found discrimination against black
Britons and those of south Asian origin – particularly
Pakistanis – unchanged over almost 50 years.
The research, part of a larger cross-national
project funded by the European Union and shared
exclusively with the Guardian before its official
launch, prompted concerns that race relations
legislation had failed.
It echoes findings published as part of the Guardian’s
Bias in Britain series that people from minority ethnic
backgrounds face discrimination when seeking a
room to rent. In a snapshot survey of online flatshare
ads the Guardian found that an applicant called
Muhammad was significantly less likely to receive a
positive response than an applicant called David.
Prof Anthony Heath, co-author and emeritus fellow
of Nuffield College, said: “The absence of any real
decline in discrimination against black British and
people of Pakistani background is a disturbing
finding, which calls into question the effectiveness
of previous policies. Ethnic inequality remains a
burning injustice and there needs to be a radical
rethink about how to tackle it.”
Dr Zubaida Haque, the deputy director of the race
equality thinktank Runnymede, described the findings as shocking. They demonstrated that “it’s
not just covert racism or unconscious bias that we
need to worry about; it’s overt and conscious racism,
where applicants are getting shortlisted on the basis
of their ethnicity and/or name”, she said.
“It’s clear that race relations legislation is not
sufficient to hold employers to account. There are
no real consequences for employers of racially
discriminating in subtle ways, but for BME* applicants
or employees it means higher unemployment, lower
wages, poorer conditions and less security in work
and life.”
<https://tinyurl.com/y9nohdte> Acesso em: 07.10.2019. Adaptado.
*BME – Black and Minority Ethnicity
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Minority ethnic Britons face ‘shocking’ job discrimination
Haroon Siddique
Thu 17 Jan 2019 17.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 18 Jan 2019 00.50 GMT
A study by experts based at the Centre for Social Investigation at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, found applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds had to send 80% more applications to get a positive response from an employer than a white person of British origin.
A linked study by the same researchers, comparing their results with similar field experiments dating back to 1969, found discrimination against black Britons and those of south Asian origin – particularly Pakistanis – unchanged over almost 50 years.
The research, part of a larger cross-national project funded by the European Union and shared exclusively with the Guardian before its official launch, prompted concerns that race relations legislation had failed.
It echoes findings published as part of the Guardian’s Bias in Britain series that people from minority ethnic backgrounds face discrimination when seeking a room to rent. In a snapshot survey of online flatshare ads the Guardian found that an applicant called Muhammad was significantly less likely to receive a positive response than an applicant called David.
Prof Anthony Heath, co-author and emeritus fellow of Nuffield College, said: “The absence of any real decline in discrimination against black British and people of Pakistani background is a disturbing finding, which calls into question the effectiveness of previous policies. Ethnic inequality remains a burning injustice and there needs to be a radical rethink about how to tackle it.”
Dr Zubaida Haque, the deputy director of the race equality thinktank Runnymede, described the findings as shocking. They demonstrated that “it’s not just covert racism or unconscious bias that we need to worry about; it’s overt and conscious racism, where applicants are getting shortlisted on the basis of their ethnicity and/or name”, she said.
“It’s clear that race relations legislation is not sufficient to hold employers to account. There are no real consequences for employers of racially discriminating in subtle ways, but for BME* applicants or employees it means higher unemployment, lower wages, poorer conditions and less security in work and life.”
Gabarito comentado
Gabarito Comentado – Interpretação de Texto – Inglês (Vestibular)
Tema central: A questão exige a habilidade de identificar a ideia principal do texto em inglês, que discute a discriminação racial no mercado de trabalho britânico enfrentada por minorias étnicas, especialmente negros e asiáticos.
Estratégia de interpretação: O aluno deve, ao ler o texto, buscar termos-chave como “discrimination”, “minority ethnic backgrounds”, “black Britons”, “south Asian origin (Pakistanis)”, além de comparar o tratamento recebido por diferentes grupos étnicos.
Justificativa da Alternativa Correta – D) negros e asiáticos
O trecho central menciona: “discrimination against black Britons and those of south Asian origin – particularly Pakistanis – unchanged over almost 50 years.” O conceito essencial para resolver esta questão é identificação de detalhes específicos que sustentam a ideia principal. Essa habilidade é citada por Kirkwood (2021) como fundamental para compreensão textual e está diretamente ligada ao sucesso em provas de interpretação.
O enunciado do texto traz: black Britons (negros britânicos) e pessoas de origem south Asian (asiática), destacando a persistência da discriminação. Logo, o gabarito correto é D) negros e asiáticos.
Análise das alternativas incorretas:
- A) negros e caucasianos: O texto aponta maior vantagem para caucasianos, não discriminação.
- B) asiáticos e latinos: Não há referência a latinos.
- C) negros e latinos: Latinos não são citados nos exemplos de discriminação.
- E) asiáticos e caucasianos: Embora asiáticos enfrentem discriminação, caucasianos são usados como grupo de controle (grupo privilegiado no contexto).
Dica para provas: Atenção a dados explícitos do texto e não se confunda com generalizações feitas por semelhança. Sempre busque identificar os grupos expressamente mencionados como vítimas ou beneficiados, de acordo com o enunciado.
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