Post by Chronicle Fact File on Dec 13, 2004 11:40:04 GMT -5
No Merry Xmas, Prosperous New Year for Black workers, youth & adults and their families in 2004-05
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It is said that Blacks are doing fine in the UK, but the facts seem to contradict this view according to the latest report on Poverty in Britain
* People of Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi and African ethnicity are twice as likely to be out of work and wanting work compared with white people.
* Although the rate of permanent exclusions for black pupils has halved in recent years, they are still three times more likely to be excluded than Whites.
* Black young adults are seven times as likely as white young adults to be in prison.
* Black adults are more than twice as likely not to have a bank or building society account as the population as a whole.
Source: Summary of the Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion Report
by Joseph Rowntree Trust, 2004.
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It is said that Blacks are doing fine in the UK, but the facts seem to contradict this view according to the latest report on Poverty in Britain
* People of Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi and African ethnicity are twice as likely to be out of work and wanting work compared with white people.
* Although the rate of permanent exclusions for black pupils has halved in recent years, they are still three times more likely to be excluded than Whites.
* Black young adults are seven times as likely as white young adults to be in prison.
* Black adults are more than twice as likely not to have a bank or building society account as the population as a whole.
Source: Summary of the Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion Report
by Joseph Rowntree Trust, 2004.