Pt1420 Unit 4 Essay
Part 1 Essay Question:
Using Tables 1 and 2, what can you say about the ethnicity of the population in England and Wales in 2001 and in 2011 and about the composition of the ethnic population of England and Wales in 2011?
Table 1 and 2 clearly show the increase and decrease of different ethnic groups in time and areas. It is well known that England and Wales have lowered their requirements for people from different nations to immigrate, and that is reflected in Table 1. Table 2 on the other hand shows the areas in which the different ethnic groups increased most, such as London. So in my first paragraph I will analyse Table 1, then I will analyse Table 2 in my second paragraph and finally I will move on to my conclusion.
If we now look at Table 1 we can clearly see that whilst the “Other White” ethnic subgroup increased, the Irish actually decreased from 1.2% down to 0.9%, whereas the Irish Travelers increased from 0% to 0.1%. This could, for example, tell us that some of the Irish either moved out of England and …show more content…
Naturally ethnic groups alike will be attracted to Bradford because it is a city so it is naturally perceived to have more jobs than, for example, the countryside, and it also already has enough blacks or Asians for newcomers to feel at home and have a sense of belonging. This can be both positive and negative because White people tend to avoid Bradford due to its high crime rate, which, by native English, is perceived as being the fault of the foreigners. Also there is the fact that those foreigners wont stray very far from the city because they already feel so at home there, and if visiting a new place (for vacation purposes) why go to the countryside of England if they can just visit their homeland. So then when a black or Asian does visit the countryside he/she almost always becomes an
Using Tables 1 and 2, what can you say about the ethnicity of the population in England and Wales in 2001 and in 2011 and about the composition of the ethnic population of England and Wales in 2011?
Table 1 and 2 clearly show the increase and decrease of different ethnic groups in time and areas. It is well known that England and Wales have lowered their requirements for people from different nations to immigrate, and that is reflected in Table 1. Table 2 on the other hand shows the areas in which the different ethnic groups increased most, such as London. So in my first paragraph I will analyse Table 1, then I will analyse Table 2 in my second paragraph and finally I will move on to my conclusion.
If we now look at Table 1 we can clearly see that whilst the “Other White” ethnic subgroup increased, the Irish actually decreased from 1.2% down to 0.9%, whereas the Irish Travelers increased from 0% to 0.1%. This could, for example, tell us that some of the Irish either moved out of England and …show more content…
Naturally ethnic groups alike will be attracted to Bradford because it is a city so it is naturally perceived to have more jobs than, for example, the countryside, and it also already has enough blacks or Asians for newcomers to feel at home and have a sense of belonging. This can be both positive and negative because White people tend to avoid Bradford due to its high crime rate, which, by native English, is perceived as being the fault of the foreigners. Also there is the fact that those foreigners wont stray very far from the city because they already feel so at home there, and if visiting a new place (for vacation purposes) why go to the countryside of England if they can just visit their homeland. So then when a black or Asian does visit the countryside he/she almost always becomes an