RACISM IN STATISTICS

Some unavoidable truths.
The date and source of each statistic is provided.

BLACK CARIBBEAN GIRLS IN ENGLAND ‘TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOLS AS WHITE GIRLS’

September 23, 2021

BLACK YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 'HITS 35% IN PANDEMIC'

April 15, 2021

ONLY TEN OF 297 (3.4%) LEADERS IN THE TOP 3 ROLES OF THE FTSE 100 COMPANIES HAVE ETHNIC MINORITY BACKGROUNDS, THE SAME AS 2014.

February 3, 2021

BLACK WOMEN ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN PREGNANCY, BIRTH OR POSTPARTUM THAN WHITE WOMEN

January 15, 2021

HATE CRIMES IN 2019/20 INCREASED BY 8%. FROM 2012-20, HATE CRIME HAS CONSISTENTLY RISEN YEAR-ON-YEAR. RACIAL HATE CRIME ACCOUNTED FOR 76,070 HATE CRIMES OF THE 105,090 RECORDED.

December 10, 2020

YOUNG BLACK MALES IN LONDON '19 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED AND SEARCHED'

December 3, 2020

94% OF GYPSY, TRAVELLER AND ROMANY PEOPLE HAVE EXCLUSION AND DISCRIMINATION FROM AND WITHIN SERVICES (E.G. HEALTH, EDUCATION)

December 10, 2020

A THIRD OF UK CHILDREN DO NOT SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN BOOKS

December 2, 2020

95% OF YOUNG BLACK BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE WITNESSED RACIST LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION.

November 18, 2020

MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY IF YOU ARE BLACK (9 PER CENT) THAN IF YOU ARE WHITE (4 PER CENT)

September 30, 2020

IN A POPULATION WHERE 13% ARE NOT WHITE, ONLY 8% OF BAME INDIVIDUALS ARE COURT JUDGES. THEY ARE ALSO 17% LESS LIKELY THAN WHITE PEOPLE FOR THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

September 17, 2020

BLACK PEOPLE ARE OVER 3 TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AS WHITE PEOPLE.

September 17, 2020

53% RISE IN REPORTED RACIAL ABUSE LAST FOOTBALL SEASON 2019/2020

September, 2020

BLACK BRITISH PUPILS ARE PERMANENTLY EXCLUDED AT NEARLY THREE TIMES THE RATE OF WHITE BRITISH PUPILS

January 27, 2020

THE HOUSEHOLDS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A WEEKLY INCOME OF LESS THAN £400 WERE FROM THE MIXED AND BLACK ETHNIC GROUPS, AT 32% AND 35% RESPECTIVELY

July 4, 2019

51% OF PEOPLE IN YOUTH PRISONS ARE BLACK OR MINORITY ETHNIC, FAR OUTWEIGHING THEIR PRESENCE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

January 19, 2019

A STUDY OF NEARLY ONE MILLION CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH APPENDICITIS REVEALED THAT BLACK PATIENTS WERE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE PAIN MEDICATION

November, 2015

RACISM IN STATISTICS

BLACK CARIBBEAN GIRLS IN ENGLAND ‘TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOLS AS WHITE GIRLS’

BLACK YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 'HITS 35% IN PANDEMIC'

ONLY TEN OF 297 (3.4%) LEADERS IN THE TOP 3 ROLES OF THE FTSE 100 COMPANIES HAVE ETHNIC MINORITY BACKGROUNDS, THE SAME AS 2014.

BLACK WOMEN ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN PREGNANCY, BIRTH OR POSTPARTUM THAN WHITE WOMEN

HATE CRIMES IN 2019/20 INCREASED BY 8%. FROM 2012-20, HATE CRIME HAS CONSISTENTLY RISEN YEAR-ON-YEAR. RACIAL HATE CRIME ACCOUNTED FOR 76,070 HATE CRIMES OF THE 105,090 RECORDED.

YOUNG BLACK MALES IN LONDON '19 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED AND SEARCHED'

94% OF GYPSY, TRAVELLER AND ROMANY PEOPLE HAVE EXCLUSION AND DISCRIMINATION FROM AND WITHIN SERVICES (E.G. HEALTH, EDUCATION)

A THIRD OF UK CHILDREN DO NOT SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN BOOKS

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95% OF YOUNG BLACK BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE WITNESSED RACIST LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION.

MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY IF YOU ARE BLACK (9 PER CENT) THAN IF YOU ARE WHITE (4 PER CENT)

IN A POPULATION WHERE 13% ARE NOT WHITE, ONLY 8% OF BAME INDIVIDUALS ARE COURT JUDGES. THEY ARE ALSO 17% LESS LIKELY THAN WHITE PEOPLE FOR THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE OVER 3 TIMES AS LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AS WHITE PEOPLE.

53% RISE IN REPORTED RACIAL ABUSE LAST FOOTBALL SEASON 2019/2020

BLACK BRITISH PUPILS ARE PERMANENTLY EXCLUDED AT NEARLY THREE TIMES THE RATE OF WHITE BRITISH PUPILS

THE HOUSEHOLDS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE A WEEKLY INCOME OF LESS THAN £400 WERE FROM THE MIXED AND BLACK ETHNIC GROUPS, AT 32% AND 35% RESPECTIVELY

51% OF PEOPLE IN YOUTH PRISONS ARE BLACK OR MINORITY ETHNIC, FAR OUTWEIGHING THEIR PRESENCE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

A STUDY OF NEARLY ONE MILLION CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH APPENDICITIS REVEALED THAT BLACK PATIENTS WERE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE PAIN MEDICATION