De acordo com o Professor Anthony Heath, o que causa
surpresa em relação à pesquisa apresentada é que
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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
Comentário Gabarito – Interpretação de Texto em Inglês
Tema central: A questão exige a análise da declaração de Anthony Heath, focando em como os índices de discriminação contra negros britânicos e paquistaneses evoluíram (ou não) ao longo de cinquenta anos, conforme o resultado de pesquisa acadêmica.
Estratégia de resolução: Utilizamos skimming para captar a ideia central do texto (“ausência de real declínio na discriminação”) e scanning para localizar o trecho-chave do professor Anthony Heath. A frase principal é:
"The absence of any real decline in discrimination against black British and people of Pakistani background is a disturbing finding..."
Logo, o professor surpreende-se com a persistência da discriminação, que não diminuiu mesmo após décadas de políticas públicas.
Justificativa da alternativa correta (E):
A alternativa E (“não houve diminuição nos índices de discriminação contra negros e paquistaneses”) traduz exatamente a informação encontrada no texto, sendo fiel tanto nos termos quanto no contexto temporal. Afirma o que Heath considerou “disturbing” (“perturbador”) e questiona a efetividade das políticas de combate à discriminação.
Análise das alternativas incorretas:
- A: Fala em aumento de xenofobia, mas o texto aborda discriminação que não diminuiu, não aumento.
- B: Diz que houve diminuição, o que contraria diretamente o trecho central (“absence of decline”).
- C: Trata de aumento de aceitação de imigrantes, ponto não abordado nem por Heath nem pelo texto analisado.
- D: Cita “latinos”, mas o texto limita-se a negros britânicos e paquistaneses.
Dica de prova: Atenção total ao vocabulário e à delimitação dos grupos mencionados no texto. Palavras que indicam tempo (“since 1969”, “over almost 50 years”) e negações (“no real decline”) costumam ser decisivas.
Portanto, a alternativa E é a correta!
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