1 / 7

‘ Race’, Racism and Cultural Identity Week 3

‘ Race’, Racism and Cultural Identity Week 3. Lecture: Race Relations in Britain: Migration, Inequality and the State david.skinner@anglia.ac.uk. Structure. Recent patterns of migration Earlier migrants: minorities in Britain

justise-quintin
Download Presentation

‘ Race’, Racism and Cultural Identity Week 3

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ‘Race’, Racism and Cultural IdentityWeek 3 Lecture: Race Relations in Britain: Migration, Inequality and the State david.skinner@anglia.ac.uk

  2. Structure • Recent patterns of migration • Earlier migrants: minorities in Britain • How has migration, ‘race’ and racism featured in British politics? • Seminar: continuity and change: to what extent can we predict the social and political outcome of recent migrations by looking at past experience?

  3. ‘Illegal’ workers in the USA • 10-12 million workers? • Campaign to normalise their status

  4. Minutemen • Minuteman Civil Defence Corps Mission Statement: To see the borders and coastal boundaries of the United States secured against the unlawful and unauthorized entryof all individuals, contraband, and foreign military. We will employ all means of civil protest, demonstration, and political lobbying to accomplish this goal.

  5. Minutemen build their wall

  6. ‘Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?’ I got 800 miles of open borderRight outside my doorThere’s minutemen in little pickup trucksWho declared their own dang war Now the government wants to build a barrierLike old Berlin, 8 feet tallBut if Uncle Sam sends the illegals homeWho’s gonna build the wall Who’s gonna build your wall, boysWho’s gonna mow your lawnWho’s gonna cook your Mexican foodWhen your Mexican maid is gone Who’s gonna wax your floors tonightDown at the local mallWho’s gonna wash your baby’s faceWho’s gonna build your wall (Tom Russell)

  7. Independent 5/10/07 * There are between 310,000 and 570,000 illegal immigrants in the UK, according to Home Office estimates * If allowed to live legally, they would pay more than £1bn in tax each year * Deporting them would cost £4.7bn and leave acute shortages of cleaners, care workers and hotel staff. If allowed to stay, the net benefit of nearly £6bn would pay for 300 new schools, 12 district hospitals or 200,000 new nurses * Nearly 50% of foreign-born immigrants leave Britain within five years * Migrants fill 90% of low-paid jobs in London and account for 29% of the capital's workforce. London is the UK's fastest-growing region * Legal migrants comprise 8.7% of the population, but contribute 10.2% of all taxes. Each immigrant pays an average of £7,203 in tax, compared with £6,861 for non-migrant workers * There were 25,715 people claiming asylum last year. If allowed to work, they would generate £123m for the Treasury

More Related