 what does the data indicate about racism in the united kingdom  what does the data indicate about racism in the united kingdom barsha lun 4102021 1319 the data provided by the government is an excellent starting point when trying to obtain a picture of social injustice and inequality that black and minority ethnic communities suffer in the uk it is visible that inequalities among different races and ethnicity remains in housing employment and the judicial system black and muslim minorities in the united kingdom have double the rate of unemployment than white british counterparts and are two times more probable to live in overcrowded housing they also have a high probability to be interrupted by the cops or inspected the worrisome racial disparities in covid19related fatalities might well be added to the list as per the survey conducted by the european social survey 2019 it is found that 19 of the respondent think that some groups were born less intellectual than others where has 38 of the respondent think that some groups were born less hardworking the assertion that there are intrinsic ethnic disparities in intellect is commonly seen as racist but inherent differences in work ethic may not carry the same overt implications regardless of the statistic we choose a significant percentage of the british people hold racist beliefs according to this data furthermore it is also discovered that those who held racist beliefs were more reluctant to reject immigration and hold nativist beliefs like one must belong from english origin in order to be truly english according to the survey performed by specialists at the centre for social investigation at nuffield college the university of oxford in 201616 employers in the uk were considerably less likely to respond positively to candidates with traditionally black or muslim names compared to those with traditional british names a person with a pakistani hussain or african adeola name obtained just six favorable responses for every 10 good responses received by the british candidate emily similarly a comparable field experiment in the private flatshare sector was undertaken by the guardian newspaper in 2018 muhammad and david expressed interest in nearly 1000 internet advertising for rooms throughout the united kingdom as per the guardian muhammad got just eight favorable responses for every ten good responses that david received thus official statistics and field studies show that black and muslim minority face prejudice whether seeking a job or a house in the united kingdom the study only looks at the results not the intention of the landlord or employers so it is not sure if they are acting on racist views however in law the results are what matters the most and treating applicants unequally is unlawful regardless of the reasons the data provided by the government is an excellent starting point when trying to obtain a picture of social injustice and inequality that black and minority ethnic communities suffer in the uk it is visible that inequalities among different races and ethnicity remains in housing employment and the judicial system black and muslim minorities in the united kingdom have double the rate of unemployment than white british counterparts and are two times more probable to live in overcrowded housing they also have a high probability to be interrupted by the cops or inspected the worrisome racial disparities in covid19related fatalities might well be added to the list as per the survey conducted by the european social survey 2019 it is found that 19 of the respondent think that some groups were born less intellectual than others where has 38 of the respondent think that some groups were born less hardworking the assertion that there are intrinsic ethnic disparities in intellect is commonly seen as racist but inherent differences in work ethic may not carry the same overt implications regardless of the statistic we choose a significant percentage of the british people hold racist beliefs according to this data furthermore it is also discovered that those who held racist beliefs were more reluctant to reject immigration and hold nativist beliefs like one must belong from english origin in order to be truly english according to the survey performed by specialists at the centre for social investigation at nuffield college the university of oxford in 201616 employers in the uk were considerably less likely to respond positively to candidates with traditionally black or muslim names compared to those with traditional british names a person with a pakistani hussain or african adeola name obtained just six favorable responses for every 10 good responses received by the british candidate emily similarly a comparable field experiment in the private flatshare sector was undertaken by the guardian newspaper in 2018 muhammad and david expressed interest in nearly 1000 internet advertising for rooms throughout the united kingdom as per the guardian muhammad got just eight favorable responses for every ten good responses that david received thus official statistics and field studies show that black and muslim minority face prejudice whether seeking a job or a house in the united kingdom the study only looks at the results not the intention of the landlord or employers so it is not sure if they are acting on racist views however in law the results are what matters the most and treating applicants unequally is unlawful regardless of the reasons  