Topic > Cultural practices in English-speaking countries

Prácticas Culturales de los países de habla InglesaEducation and ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom.1. Historical perspective: The number of immigrants of non-white ethnic origins in Victorian Britain declined after the introduction of immigration restrictions and, during the Victorian period, their presence in the education system is negligible and their presence in a school system formalized is purely anecdotal. . (Hall 54) In that period the main source of immigration would be Irish Catholics, who constitute the main group considered “the other” in the social construct of Britishness. (Lewis 157) Unfortunately this immigration is outside the scope of this study. At this point, broadening the scope of education from the upper to the lower classes was only a class issue, while ethnicity and multiculturalism were not priorities for most education authorities. (Algunik 105) For practical reasons, education has been extended to the lowest strata of society, although there is no shortage of notable cases, the main current of opinion has been the one that has left us testimonies such as the following: “It is undoubtedly desirable that the poor are generally instructed in reading, if only for the best of purposes: to be able to read the Scriptures. As for writing and arithmetic, it may be feared that such a degree of knowledge will arouse in them contempt for the strenuous pursuits of life. (Williams, 135) In this case we find double discrimination against both conditions, being poor and immigrant. There was no particular emphasis on educating immigrants as this would “put them out of their natural place in society” (Silver 1977). There was no specific legal discrimination against those who made it to… middle of the paper…. ..employee. Independent Digital News and Media and Web. March 2, 2014. Argento, Harold. "Aspects of Neglect: The Strange Case of Victorian Popular Education." Oxford Review of Education 3.1 (1977): 57-69. Print.Williams, Raymond. The long revolution. Orchard Park, NY: Broadview Press, 2001. Print."Tell us what you think of GOV.UK." Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2012. Np, nd Web. 31 March 2014. "Theme: population". Population. Np, nd Web. 10 March 2014. .TABLES1. Current ethnic composition of the population and regional distribution by origin.