... not see themselves as 'black'; able to include groups such as Jews and Irish; sub-division of south Asian into Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian reflecting differing countries of origin, religion and culture To answer this question it will be necessary to discuss a variety of different areas. Firstly, discrimination and the ways the school system treat ethnic groups. Secondly, material deprivation will be discussed. It will then be necessary to look at the Swann report, the IQ debate, cultural misunderstanding and beliefs. Some ethnic minority groups, especially East African Asian and Indian, perform better than white British, while others, Afro-Caribbean and Bangladeshi, perform worse. In recent years, the groups with lower attainments seem to have been closing the gap, though it still remains. All ethnic minority groups are more likely to continue into post-16 education and among Afro-Caribbean's, the attainment of girls is far superior to than of boys. There are numerous ...

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