The Poverty Alliance reposted this
Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani families are up to 5x more likely to be living in severe poverty for a long time compared to white families in the UK 📢 We've carried out new research to understand what these families experience and why they have this elevated risk. Even after considering well-known risk factors there are still significant unexplained reasons why families from these groups are in persistent very deep poverty compared to white families. And protective factors are less effective compared to white people. 🔽 - 7% of Bangladeshi and Black African families where all adults are in work still experience persistent very deep poverty. - 7% of Bangladeshi, 6% of Black African and 5% of Pakistani workers in permanent jobs live in persistent very deep poverty compared with 2% of white workers in temporary roles. 📝 Our report shows there are significant underlying and unquantified factors beyond the standard predictors of poverty, as higher risks of persistent very deep poverty remain for people from these ethnic minority backgrounds compared to white families even after controlling for usual predictors. - Pakistani and Bangladeshi families are still around three times more likely to be living in very deep poverty for a long time. - Black African families are still around twice as likely to be living in very deep poverty for a long time. Any investigation into people’s experiences of very deep poverty that does not consider the racialised experiences of minority ethnic groups will be hopelessly incomplete. 🗣️
Policy interventions need to be culturally responsive to diverse community needs to address inequalities and responsive to data evidence. I still see one size fits all approaches in strategies. Local level policies have the scope to address local needs.
Shocking: "About a third of people in Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households also experience very deep poverty in 1 or 2 years out of 4. Altogether, this means at least two-fifths of people in these households, including around half of children in Bangladeshi and Black African households, experience very deep poverty in at least 1 year out of 4."
A deeper and intentional review of policies from a diversity and inclusion lens is key for policies to be responsive to the nuanced barriers that minority ethnic groups face in accessing services and support, and being able to rise above deep inter generational poverty. Intersectionality of identity and race coupled with wider economic marginalisation is a tough combination and needs a systemic and proactive approach if we are serious about challenging the poverty and food insecurity status quo in the UK.
It has always been of concern that, as reported through statistics, the BAME demographic are more likely to experience unemployment and social exclusion than Caucasians and for longer. However, the Government lacks any urgency in developing policies and interventions, including through “nudge”, and presume that the Equality Act is sufficient.
It's hopeless if we expect anyone who hasn't been affected to have real empathy for these communities. Sadly, it's often easier to deny these stats as the truth is too uncomfortable for many, including some #leaders from racially diverse backgrounds.
It's heart breaking, shows the power of research the numbers elevate unheard voices.
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3wExcellent research. I wonder if/how Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers (who are categorised as White) were included in the research? If they were grouped in with the White category and then compared as one group with the Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households; and if as I suspect that for Romany and Traveller families in poverty their experience is probably comparable with Bangladeshi people: would that skew the White numbers and disguise the true extent of the problem? Demi Eades Jenny Rouse what do you think of my calculation?