2nd December 2005, 06:06 PM
But if you're not getting the applications, you can't apply positive measures anyway.
In April 2001 the population of the UK was this:
White: 92.1%
Ethnic Minorities: 7.9%
The rest of the statistics can be found here http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=273
This may be part of the problem, there just aren't enough ethnic minorities to make an impact, If we think proportionately of the amount of archaeologists to the amount of people working in general in the UK the archaeologists must be a tiny minority.
I don't see people as colours, I take them as I find them, so I can't understand why the lack of minorities in this profession is such a big issue to some. I am trying hard not to sound offensive to anyone, and I apologise if I do, but archaeology is NOT racist just because we don't attract ethnic minorities, its a ridiculous suggestion.
(Just to say I understand how serious an issue racism is in the big wide world, and my comments refer purely to the situation in archaeology)
In April 2001 the population of the UK was this:
White: 92.1%
Ethnic Minorities: 7.9%
The rest of the statistics can be found here http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=273
This may be part of the problem, there just aren't enough ethnic minorities to make an impact, If we think proportionately of the amount of archaeologists to the amount of people working in general in the UK the archaeologists must be a tiny minority.
I don't see people as colours, I take them as I find them, so I can't understand why the lack of minorities in this profession is such a big issue to some. I am trying hard not to sound offensive to anyone, and I apologise if I do, but archaeology is NOT racist just because we don't attract ethnic minorities, its a ridiculous suggestion.
(Just to say I understand how serious an issue racism is in the big wide world, and my comments refer purely to the situation in archaeology)