It's an old tactic that has proven to cause more harm than good, but it's one that is still very much in use. The problem with the practice is that it pits ethnic minority groups, which could otherwise be allies, against each other. It perpetuates stereotypes in and outside the group and, worst of all, it gives governments, companies and institutions of power a mask for their own systemic racism.
It completely ignores the fact that one minority group may face very different challenges or levels of racism than another. Many British media reports have pointed to the I ndian diaspora's success in the country: British-Indian graduates in England and Wales, on average, earn more than most other ethnic minority groups, even slightly more than the White majority, government data shows.
They achieve better results in primary and high school than the White majority, often second only to British-Chinese students. And they are arrested less often than White people. Read More. Black people, on the other hand , earn less than most other groups after graduating, achieve among the lowest levels in primary and high school, and are over three times more likely to be arrested than White people.
Similar trends have been noted in the US and Canada. There are many ways to digest this kind of data. Some look at it as a clear sign more needs to be done to tackle structural racism and close the gap, but all too often, it is used to congratulate those who have found success, and shame those who haven't.
Take UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet of ministers, for example, which he has touted as the country's most diverse in history. But really, a look at its makeup shows it's simply the most Indian Cabinet, with three ministers of Indian descent. The tension that has created was brought to the fore in parliament earlier this month, when Home Minister Priti Patel, who has Indian origins, dismissed Black opposition MP Florence Eshalomi, who was complaining the ruling Conservative government was not taking structural racism seriously.
Patel's response was defensive and aggressive, arguing she too had suffered racism so "will not take lectures" on the issue. It was her way of saying that because she had been the victim of racism, she could not possibly be ignorant of the problems Black British people face.
Joan Doe, a Black high school teacher from London, said she found Patel's response frustrating. She also said the Prime Minister's recent appointment of Munira Mirza to lead another diversity review in the country was problematic. Doe says her problem isn't so much that Mirza is of Pakistani origins, more that she is known to argue that structural racism doesn't exist, as she has written in several articles for the right-wing publication Spiked.
And it's always a Brown face that's not too dark, not too light, so they can say they are representing ethnic minority groups," Doe told CNN. UK: 'POC silence is violence'. It must be pointed out too that in the UK, South Asians' experiences are varied, and just as not all White people have led lives of privilege, neither have all Brown people. And even within ethnic groups, there are such diverse stories and different backgrounds that so many people simply don't fit the picture the data paints.
But some in these diasporas who have had privileges are starting to recognize them, and young South Asians are beginning to speak up about them. Uncomfortable discussions on issues like the hierarchy of racism are taking place, and just as people are now discussing how national heroes, like Winston Churchill in the UK, held deeply racist views, Indian diasporas are now acknowledging Mahatma Gandhi's anti-Black racism , revealed in some of his writings during his time spent in South Africa.
Jaskaran Sahota, a year-old advertising executive and an amateur comedian, has attended Black Lives Matter protests in London. She carries a poster that say "POC silence is violence" and is part of a movement of British South Asians trying to change racist attitudes within their communities, particularly among the generation before them. She points to the way Indians will often attribute their success to simply working hard, and while there may be some truth to that, few stop to consider that other groups may be working hard too and just face other structural barriers.
Explaining dimensions of state-level punitiveness in the United States: The roles of social, economic, and cultural factors. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 26 2 , This report documents the rates of incarceration for whites, African Americans, and Latinx individuals, providing racial and ethnic composition as well as rates of disparity for each state.
The Sentencing Project has produced state-level estimates twice before 8 Mauer, M. Uneven justice: State rates of incarceration by race and ethnicity.
The Sentencing Project; Nellis, A. The color of justice: Racial and ethnic disparity in state prisons. When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck in , the world witnessed the most racist elements of the U. The fight for racial justice within the criminal legal system continues, however. The data findings featured in this report epitomize the enormity of the task.
Key findings Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans. Nationally, one in 81 Black adults in the U. Wisconsin leads the nation in Black imprisonment rates; one of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison. Latinx individuals are incarcerated in state prisons at a rate that is 1.
Ethnic disparities are highest in Massachusetts, which reports an ethnic differential of 4. Recommendations Eliminate mandatory sentences for all crimes.
Mandatory minimum sentences, habitual offender laws, and mandatory transfer of juveniles to the adult criminal system give prosecutors too much authority while limiting the discretion of impartial judges. These policies contributed to a substantial increase in sentence length and time served in prison, disproportionately imposing unduly harsh sentences on Black and Latinx individuals.
Require prospective and retroactive racial impact statements for all criminal statutes. The Sentencing Project urges states to adopt forecasting estimates that will calculate the impact of proposed crime legislation on different populations in order to minimize or eliminate the racially disparate impacts of certain laws and policies.
To undo the racial and ethnic disparity resulting from decades of tough-on-crime policies, however, states should also repeal existing racially biased laws and policies.
The impact of racial impact laws will be modest at best if they remain only forward looking. And while they are on track to be the most educated generation to date, this achievement has come at a cost: Many Millennials are struggling with student debt. In addition to the weak labor market of recent years, student debt is perhaps one reason why many are still living at home.
Despite these troubles, Millennials are the most upbeat about their financial future : More than eight-in-ten say they either currently have enough money to lead the lives they want or expect to in the future. Note: Item No. The labor force participation rate for American women has risen steadily since the s. The gender pay gap has narrowed over this period of time, especially for young women just entering the labor force, but it still persists.
Why the continued disparity? While Americans say women are every bit as capable of being good leaders as men, four-in-ten believe they are held to higher standards than men and that the U. After decades of declining marriage rates, the share of American adults who have never been married is at an historic high. Two-parent households are on the decline in the U. About one-in-six American kids now live in a blended family. And the roles of mothers and fathers are converging , due in part to the rise of breadwinner moms.
Dads are doing more housework and child care, while moms are doing more paid work outside the home. The share of U. While the U. By , the number of Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians.
In the U. The demographic future for the U. Growth from to was rapid — the global population nearly tripled, and the U.
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