By Gavin Mackintosh-

Harewood found evidence that black students were less likely to be offered places at top universities, like Oxford University, than white students who have the same predicted grades. His evidence came from research provided by Dr Vikki Boliver at Durham University, pointing out that even a black child with the same entry qualifications as their white counterpart was less likely to be accepted into Oxford University because of an “unconscious bias” in the admissions process,

Dr.Boliver, an accomplished white researcher said there was the likelihood that decision makers in the selection process may feel black people wouldn’t fit in to the general mix of students in Oxford University, and would be more inclined to identify with people like themselves. He interviewed a young black student who said Oxford institutionally racist, but that Britain’s most reputable University needs time to make changes and adjust to modern standards of diversity.

David Harewood’s evaluation included a comparison of the 45% of black children growing up in poverty compared with the 25% of white children, according to government statistics, concluding that their poor background set them at a disadvantage compared with white kids.

A relatively poorer background is not the main problem, however, not in a country with free education. The main issue is  the indiscipline in  many state schools and the lack of adequate and regular testing in several state schools.

children in many state schools are beyond control, both at home and at school. Their work ethic is relatively low, and the school environment is not geared towards the promotion and recognition of academic achievers. If white working class students do not have a serious attitude towards their education, many black children from disadvantaged backgrounds will select their role models from the streets, where material possessions are highly regarded, without the legitimacy of its source being an important issue.

Oxford University institutional racism is something the university must correct.Denying black people with similar grades as their white counter  parts a place at their University is an embarrassment to the integrity of Oxford University bosses. Perhaps, they fear that if more black top fly students gain access to their University, they may invite their drug dealing acquaintances to social get-together and bring their urban gun violence to their posh sophisticated University.

Their stereotypical thinking may prefer to settling for the risk of white drug dealers slipping in, most of whom they probably feel will settle any disputes they have quietly, and at worst get caught by the authorities or the police and be expelled from their building in peace. This is just a wild guess.

David Harewood  says White pupils are more likely to get three A’s at A-level, and a state-educated black boy is more likely to be excluded from school than get three A’s.However, a state educated White student is also less likely to get 3A’s at A levels than a privately educated black child, and in pointing out that black children are more likely to be expelled than white children, we need to look at the reason black children are expelled. What the expelled black child has done to warrant expulsion is one the black child must take account of. If the black child has been expelled for reasons that a white child would equally have been expelled under similar circumstances, institutional racism has no role to play in this.

He concludes that institutional racism is in the media, although BBC newscasters are one of the most diverse on British television; but the fact the majority of those who compose the news are Which is concluded to provide evidence of institutional racism. Perhaps, this is an issue about which to question the BBC.

It could be the real concern that more black people would suggest news about racism, which the BBC will not consider priority news in the scheme of all the news available. This will not be unreasonable since to be fair, you would get a lot of black people playing the race card even where racism is not really at work.

Yes, institutional racism is a problem in many aspects of society, and Oxford University provides strong evidence of this. In fact, Oxford University admitted the University is institutionally racist, but we must not pretend that there are real concerns in many white establishments about what the state of play would be where there is a concentration of black people in a predominantly white establishment that has worked hard to build its academic reputation. The same goes for the media corporations, who will fear that a concentration of black journalists in top positions would push for racial stories, which if knocked back can create division.

There can be no excuses in the Judiciary or Parliament for restricting the number of black people in high positions if they have the credentials. However, it is not racist to say that we can ask for those black people to prove themselves in their current profession and show their worth through open platforms like you tube, and online sites. Institutional racism cannot stop the  dedicated and brilliant black guy from being successful. Even if they don’t get to Oxford University, if they are good enough to become prime minister, nothing will stop them.