Racism is still a major barrier stopping British ethnic minorities from entering the best-paid professions in the country, a new report has claimed.
The report, compiled by the charity Business in the Community, which works with firms to develop and build a sustainable future for people and the planet, and funded by the government, revealed that a large number of Britons from ethnic minority backgrounds feel they cannot enter fields such as law and banking.
They also do not believe they can pursue a profession in media or politics.
Around 1,500 people from ethnic minority backgrounds were surveyed for the report, which discovered 72 per cent of Afro-Caribbeans think the police is prejudiced by race.
Some 36 per cent believe the armed forces are racist, 30 per cent think politics is prejudiced and 16 per cent perceive the law as being this way too.
"Overall it is clear that some of the best-paid professions in the UK are still seen as subtly hostile or openly racist towards ethnic minorities," said the report.
"The challenge...is to ensure that for [ethnic minority] candidates, the door to the city law firm is as open as the call centre, and that being a public leader is as normal as sitting behind a supermarket till."
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It's sad that this is still even an issue.
It's sad that this is still even an issue.
Certainly is. A crazy situation.
This is very true as the majority of well and better qualified ethnic minorities are not given the chance at all to excell in these top jobs. The irony of it all is that, in the sports world which demands the use of one's physical strength, ethnic minorities dominate in such areas. Now this is something which should be of a major concern to the government.