Race and Gender as Barriers to Social Mobility

This essay will discuss the extent to which race and gender create barriers to social mobility in the United Kingdom compared to the other factors. Social mobility is about the opportunities of movement between social classes by individuals. Social mobility in the United Kingdom faces many barriers and since. It has not seen any progress. This essay will argue that family background, compared to race and gender, is the biggest barrier to social mobility in the UK. It will look first into the obstacle for movement between social classes faced by people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Next, it will examine in detail the barriers to social mobility faced by women and ethnic minorities in the UK.

Family backroad is a significant barrier to social mobility in the UK. Coming from a low-income family might have a vital impact on individuals' education, work opportunities, and entire lives. Education is crucial for good social mobility. However, students from disadvantaged families face a barrier even at the begging of school. Research showed that their more affluent peers are doing better at school because of their parents' impact on early education. That results that 46% of pupils from low-income families do not reach expected reading, writing, and moths standards than 68% of all other students. High education is also an important aspect of social mobility. However, similar to school education, disadvantaged students fall behind their wealthier peers and are 26% less likely to continue higher education. Moreover, disadvantaged students who decided to go to University are also more likely (8,3%) to drop off during the first year in opposition to 6,3% of their affluent peers or achieve a good score. Students from advantage backroads also have the privilege of being chosen to privilege Universities which might boost their future carrier. Disadvantage backroad has also impact on job opportunities and profession. People from poor backgrounds are more likely to be paid under the voluntary living vague. Furthermore, they earn 24% less (8000) than people from privileged backroads and usually have the same jobs as their parents. This could be a lack of opportunities for disadvantaged families to change their residence place for more developed areas. That results in that individuals from affluent backroads having 80% more chances to get a professional job. Poor backroad has also impact on people with disabilities. Comparing people with disabilities from advantaged families and disadvantaged families, firsts have a greater chance of getting a professional job, when those from disadvantaged backroads only in 21%.

However, it is argued that race and gender are one of the most vital barriers to social mobility in the UK. Ethnic minorities face problems at school and in higher education. Black students are the least likely minority to achieve a good score on the GSCE exam. Moreover, they are also the smallest group to pick up STEM courses at University. Also, according to research, 1 of 10 of Blac students dops University during the first year. Pakistan and Bangladesh minorities have higher attainment at Universities with bringing good light for the educational opportunities. However, they are still the biggest group of unemployment in the UK, and 24% are classified as long-term unemployment compared to 6% of the overall population. Only 19,8% of the Muslim population have full-time employment, and 6% are in higher professional occupations. Those numbers are deficient for women. Ethnic minorities often live in deprived areas of the UK, resulting in difficulty accessing good schools, higher education, or the labor market. Even if they get a professional job, they earn 11% less than British people, and the difference is 25% in the working-class backroads. Women are other groups that face difficulties getting a well-paid job, which creates a barrier for social mobility. Females are underperforming in STEM jobs (13%), which usually bring a good salary and inhale living standards.

Men have the advantage over women in entering professional jobs. A man from a disadvantaged backroad is more likely to get a well-paid job than a woman from a privileged family. Moreover, women from the working class earned 40% less than from the advantaged backroads and 18,1% more than a man from disadvantaged backroads. Furthermore, the difference is also high 36% between women's and men's salaries in a professional job with advantage form men.

In conclusion, the background is the most significant barrier to social mobility in the United Kingdom. The background impacts necessary factors to social mobility like education and equal access to job opportunities. However, race and gender also create barriers to movement between social classes. Women and ethnic minorities are more likely to face downward mobility than men and white ethic. Moreover, women usually earn less than men. Ethnic minorities, on the other hand, have the biggest unemployment rate in the UK.