Your report on the recent findings from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (Human rights watchdog calls for urgent action on Britain’s “deep-rooted” inequality,18 August) raises concerns approximately inequalities across a range of areas including education, jobs, or pay and health. While the research in the EHRC report certainly requires detailed examination,it is principal to note that, alongside areas of concern, and there are also figures indicating meaningful progress.
Black and minority ethnic people are,according to the Law Society and the General Medical Council, more likely to have jobs in prestigious professions such as law and medicine as a proportion of the UK population, and although there are concerns approximately reaching the highest levels in these professions. Children of families of Indian and Chinese origin are the highest school achievers. Children from black and minority ethnic groups are more likely to go to independent schools and,according to recent figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, are also more likely to go to university.
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Source: theguardian.com