Multi-Ethnic UK: Key words - community cohesion, racism, prejudice
Problems of Discrimination
Importance of Community
Cohesion
Why Catholics promote Racial
Harmony
How & Why the Catholic Church
helps asylum seekers and
immigrants
Explain how people from certain ethnic
groups can be discriminated against.
8marks.
“Promoting Community Cohesion is the
most important thing a government
can do in a multi-ethnic society”. Give 3
reasons for and 3 reasons against.
 Avoid violence/ unrest: if conflicting
interests of different groups as
different visions of society
 Countries without community
cohesion eg Iraq have high levels of
violence
 Alienation of groups from each
other exploited by extremists:
Bradford riots. Single faith schools
can be problematic.London
Underground Bombings were by
people who felt alienated
 Living “Parallel lives” makes civilised
living impossible in a society were
many things must be shared.
Name 4 ways in which the government
is trying to promote community
cohesion (8marks)
Explain why Catholics help to promote
racial harmony. (4 reasons – 8 marks)
Why is it important for the Catholic church
to help asylum seekers and immigrant
workers? 3 reasons..
Work: don’t give jobs to certain ethnic
groups/ religious groups
Landlords refuse certain groups
accommodation
Teachers: don’t help certain children, or
even make life more difficult
Police: stop and search, prejudiced in
use of evidence against certain groups
Explain why discrimination and racism
cause problems in a multi-ethnic
society. 8marks.
Alienation: if feel treated unfairly, will
feel exclused from society so work
against it
 Turn to crime cos can’t get jobs
 Turn to extreme political groups
eg Islamic ones and become
terrorists
Racists can stir up hatred eg through
political parties like BNP
 Leads to violence
Laws: Race Relations Act
Crime and Disorder Act
Racial and Religious Hatred Act
Equality and Human Rights
Commission
Education: makes community cohesion
part of school curriculum. Schools get
inspected on how well they do this.
Politics: cabinet ministers of all races
Main political parties: all oppose any
racism
Research and funding into how social
cohesion can be improved
Bible: Parable of Good Samaritan
Jesus: Simon of Cyrene was black
Samaritan woman at the well
St Peter: vision of sheet
St Paul: everyone is equal in Christ#
All nations created from one
Adam
Church: bishops and priests are from all
ethnic groups
CARJ Catholic Organisation works
for racial harmony
Name 4 benefits of living in a multiethnic society.
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New ideas and ways of doing
things – so more progress
economically
Life is more interesting: variety
of food etc
Less chance of war, as people
from different ethnic groups will
know and like each other
Better for trade, as people of
different ethnic groups learn to
appreciate each other and work
together
Bible: God is a God of justice for everyone
(Amos)
Jesus teaching: love your neighbour,
Golden Rule, Good Samaritan,
Sheep&Goats (service to others).
Jesus example: served others in his life, no
matter what race, died for all. Was himself
a refugee and immigrant when escaped to
Egypt soon after he was born
Church: teaches no one should be
oppressed and it is Christian duty to seek
justice for the oppressed
Name 4 ways in which the Catholic Church
is helping asylum seekers/ immigrant
workers (8marks)
Parishes: English classes, collect essential
items, leaflets on healthcare, advice clinis
on legal matters, provide masses in other
languages, promote positive image of
immigrants
Bishops: support parishes in finding new
ways to help immigrants. Westminster
Cathedral has an annual migrants mass.
Office of Refugee Policy: monitors refugee
situation and provides advice to Bishops.