Racism: An American Problem

A very interesting article published in the Financial Times s gives some insight into the different perspectives of black people in the US versus the UK, and be prepared for some surprises.

First of all, what is the life expectancy in the UK compared to the US, by racial group and what is the wage gap between black and non-Hispanic white people? Here the surprises begin:

Life expectancies first: Those of black people are the highest in the UK, far above ethnic Indians, Caribbeans and, above all, whites. In the US, Asians and Hispanics have much higher life expectancies than whites but, in turn, have higher life expectancies than black people.

Also from the point of view of the wage gap, the United Kingdom sees a minimal difference, of 6%, to be compared with 22% in the USA.

Even US cities are much more racially discriminated than British ones, as you can see in the following image where from left to right we have a subdivision of cities according to the multiculturalism of the neighborhood

Even big progressive cities like New York and Chicago show enormous racial segregation when compared to British cities, starting with London, but also considering York, or Liverpool or Brighton. The British average of racial segregation is much lower than that of the United States.

So racism is not a racial issue, but an ethnic community's ability to adapt to its society. Evidently black people living in the UK have shown this ability to adapt, while this does not happen in the US. The problem therefore is not ethnicity per se, but its adaptability to the surrounding social environment.

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The article Racism: an American problem comes from Scenari Economici .

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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/razzismo-un-problema-americano/ on Sun, 28 May 2023 11:23:56 +0000.