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This is the source evaluation I created for my EPQ. The question: Is institutionalised racism or the lack of anti-racism policies the reason behind the lack of social mobility within the BAME communities in the UK?

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  • December 28, 2023
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Publication Used or
Author Title Publisher/Website Positives of source Criticism of Sources
Date Not?

- Population of 22/12/2022 Population of Government website, therefore more reliable All statistics are rounded to 1 decimal Used
England and England and Up-to-date- statistics, published in 2022 place, so not full accuracy, as well as the
Wales Wales - GOV.UK 97% were involved in the census, so not a full different standardisation of 19 ethnic
Ethnicity facts amount but very close. groups, harder to compare to the older
and figures census that had 17, skewing the data.

Walter International 12/3/2015 Amsterdam, Largest work ever published in the social and Second version was published over 8 years Used
Müller, Encyclopedia of Netherlands : behavioural sciences, which provides in-depth ago, therefore, not entirely up-to-date.
Reinhard the Social & Elsevier knowledge across the field of social sciences. Only a small preview of the chapter is
Pollak Behavioral There is no obvious bias, as the project is from available, but able to extract relevant
Sciences (Second multiple different researchers. information nonetheless.
Edition)

Akile Ahmet Who is worthy of a 27/4/2020 WILEY Up-to-date research, therefore more valid. In This research was only focused on Used
place on these Royal addition there are a multitude of research London-based post graduates, therefore it
walls? Geographical methods, increasing the amount of quality of was harder to generalise to the fully
Postgraduate Society data. inclusiveness to the whole of the British
students, education system.
UK universities,
and institutional
racism

Rt Hon The Macpherson 30/7/2021 www.parliament.c Valuable source as government publication, More specialist language and sections that Used
Yvette Report: o.uk therefore more reliable were originally difficult to understand
Cooper Twenty-two years Provided extensive research and statistics
on

Jenny RACE 03/2021 Chartered Surveyed date, therefore is more Online survey, therefore not accessible to Used
Holmes Dr INCLUSION Institute of representative, especially as there are updated all employees, limiting the generalisability
Duncan REPORTS - Personnel and reports, which are easier to compare data of the findings, including the blend of
Brown Report 3 Development ethnic groups instead of distinct
IES subgroups could skew trend of data

CARF What is 1/10/1998 Institute of Race Easy to extract information with clear and Older source, so is not as valid, as well as a Used
institutional Relations succinct definitions and explanations that lack of detailed explanation limits the
racism? made it easy to extract key points. usability of this source.

, Nikki Boliver Dismantling Race 31/08/ Palgrave Collection of scholars input on the book, Only a small portion of the original Used
in Higher 2018 Macmillan therefore increasing reliability, eradicating bias academic article is based on the
Education as peer-reviewed for an academic journal disparities between races, limiting the
amount that can be used.

Kendra What is 16/6/2021 verywell.mind Peer-reviewed and fact checked by an Only includes a small definition of what Used
Cherry Anti-Racism? experienced editor of the publishing website, anti-racism is and does not include any
adding more validity to the source overall. example or policies that regard this.

Sir William The Stephen 02/1999 Home Office This is a government-mandated enquiry, Older source that does not provide further Used
Macpherson Lawrence Inquiry written by the judge of the High Court of information past 1999. It was hard to pick
England and Wales. It is very reliable and one out the key information about the
of the largest inquiries, heavily researched and institutionalised racism the police
many sources refer to it. portrayed in this large sum of information
the inquiry holds.

- Race report 15/10/2020 Equality and In-depth analysis of existing evidence outlines Only encompasses 4 social sectors and Used
statistics Human Rights statistics about the racial disparities in the UK, does not provide methodology of the
Commission which is mainly up-to-date. Bullet point research, therefore it is difficult to
information made extracting information establish the reliability of this, especially
easier. with the lack of data presented.

The General Universal 10/12/1948 United Nations Historical milestone that set the standards, Document was created from the Used
Assembly Declaration of while not legally binding, was a clear outline of perspective of Western world and
Human Rights 30 mandatory rights. One of the first ideologies that were not progressive for all
legislations that were anti-racist and aimed to people. Still an existing document and has
give citizens power over the state ( not been reviewed or changed.
institutionalised racism).

- Employment 3/11/2022 Employment - Government website, therefore more reliable The data has grouped together ethnic Used
GOV.UK Up-to-date- statistics, published in 2022, as minority groups, therefore not providing
Ethnicity facts well as providing detailed measures, ideographic data for all BAME groups, for
and figures methodology and data. Information was easy example, the heading of “Asian” included
to use and served a good purpose in my essay. multiple different ethnicities.

Brigid van The 2011 28/7/2014 WERS This is the fourth edition, meaning the data is Sample of 2,680 workplaces with Used
Wanrooy Workplace up-dated and can be compared to previous questionnaires, meaning the data may not
Employment editions. Detailed methodology and key dates be reliable or representative when
Relations Study for the research. discussing the UK as a whole.

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