What People Get Wrong about Racial Disparities

Inaya Folarin Iman interviews two members of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, Keith Fraser, chair, Youth Justice Board and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and science educator.

In 2020, the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was tasked with conducting a comprehensive examination of the persistent racial inequalities that exist across different domains in the United Kingdom. Through rigorous data analysis and extensive consultations with diverse groups and organisations, the commission uncovered nuanced patterns of disparities among ethnic minority communities. Their report was released in March 2021.

The commission emphasised the need to shift away from a deficit mindset solely focused on disadvantage. Instead, they advocated for replicating the factors, circumstances, and sociocultural elements that enable the success of thriving ethnic minority groups.

Rather than treating racial minorities as a monolithic 'BAME' group, the findings revealed that some ethnic minority groups fared better than others in areas like health outcomes and educational attainment.

Full report here

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[michaelb]

It's very easy to find worse health or education outcomes for ethnic minorities and then assume it must be due to their race, underlying racism, etc. However, correlation does not always equate to causation. If African children do better in school than white kids but Afro-Caribbean kids do worse what does that tell us? It tells me there must be cultural factors behind these statistics and outcomes too.