Mentioning Oxbridge was a bit of hyperbole, forgive me. But all the signs point towards black people having a lower socioeconomic status and their education and

Mentioning Oxbridge was a bit of hyperbole, forgive me. But all the signs point towards black people having a lower socioeconomic status and their education and careers suffering as a result. The proportion of black students at Russell Group unis is around 4%, roughly half of the proportion of black people in the 18-24 age range. Black students have higher dropout rates and are less likely to achieve first or second class honours. Black STEM leavers are more likely to be unemployed [0]. Black people in the UK are more likely than any other ethnicity (including white) to be living in a deprived neighbourhood [1]. Nearly half of households with a black head of household are in poverty, compared to 19% for whites [2]. Similar trends are reflected in London [3]. [0] https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/publications/2021/trends-ethnic-minorities-stem/ethnicity-stem-data-for-students-and-academic-staff-in-higher-education.pdf https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/publications/2021/tr... [1] https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/demographics/people-living-in-deprived-neighbourhoods/latest/ https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-popula... [2] https://irr.org.uk/research/statistics/poverty/ https://irr.org.uk/research/statistics/poverty/ [3] https://trustforlondon.org.uk/data/poverty-and-ethnicity/ https://trustforlondon.org.uk/data/poverty-and-ethnicity/