Exploring Racial and Ethnic Inequality in a time of Crisis

这项提案列出了一系列密集和雄心勃勃的工作，以迅速应对《公约》19造成的当前危机及其对种族和族裔少数群体的社会和经济影响，以及在黑人生命也是命(BLM)抗议活动之后提高对种族和族裔不平等的认识和行动所带来的机遇和挑战。该提案将探讨三个广泛且相互关联的领域的种族和民族不平等：经济、文化和政治，同时还将委托进行一项调查，探讨Covid19危机对全国少数民族人民的影响。拟议方案对当前危机造成的关键领域提供了新的见解，同时提供了采取高调和影响大的干预措施的机会。ESRC种族动态中心(CODE)是专注于了解英国种族和民族不平等的领先研究组织，其在有经验的、与政策相关的和高影响的研究方面的既定记录是开展这项工作的独特条件。《守则》在过去八年中的一贯宗旨是绘制英国种族和族裔不平等的变化轮廓，在宏观(结构)、中观(制度)和微观(人际)层面审查种族和族裔不平等的复杂因素，并与主要利益攸关方合作应对、缓解和消除这些不平等。《准则》的工作在以下方面发挥了核心作用：展示种族和族裔不平等随着时间的推移的连续性和变化，了解种族和少数民族经历的异质性和共性，以及审查身份和不平等(性别、阶级、性取向、宗教、移徙等)的多个相互关联的层面。当前的背景提供了种族和民族不平等的新形式，以及在理解种族、民族和民族不平等在当代英国的重要性方面前所未有的挑战和机会。Covid19危机既突出了英国少数族裔所发挥的关键作用，也突显了从健康到就业、教育和住房等一系列领域中种族和民族不平等的持久重要性。其中许多不平等已经为人所知(Byrne等人，2020年)。然而，由于该国在Covid19危机之后面临严重的经济危机，而且在研究期间发生了英国退欧，迫切需要审查宏观经济冲击对少数族裔社区本已根深蒂固的不平等现象的长期影响。此外，最近的BLM运动表明，在全国和全球围绕种族和族裔不平等的公众和政治辩论中出现了一个重要转折点。政治家、企业和民间社会机构史无前例地致力于解决各种形式的种族主义，从而实现了这一目标。然而，这种承诺的形式、效力和长期承诺尚不确定，必须审查这种动力如何建立在现有形式的体制改革的基础上，“什么管用”，什么不管用。与以前的工作一样，《守则》的新方案将以其多学科、多标量和多地点的方法为特色，在不同的社会和政策领域内和跨不同的社会和政策领域开展工作，以便在不同的地点建立联系。这项研究将采用一系列方法，包括创新的量化数据来源和分析，并与人种学、可视化和参与性方法进行对话。中心将在国家、区域和地方各级现有的高知名度和有影响力的公共和私营部门合作伙伴网络的基础上，最大限度地发挥其工作的影响。

This proposal sets out an intensive and ambitious suite of work which responds rapidly to the current crisis posed by Covid19 and its social and economic impact on racial and ethnic minorities, as well as the opportunities and challenges posed by increased awareness and activism about racial and ethnic inequalities in the wake of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests. The proposal will explore racial and ethnic inequality in three broad and inter-related, areas: economic, cultural and political, alongside a commissioned survey exploring the impact of the Covid19 crisis on ethnic minority people nationally. The proposed programme offers new insights into key areas thrown into relief by the current crisis while offering the opportunity for high profile and high impact interventions. The ESRC Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) is the leading research group focused on understanding racial and ethnic inequalities in the UK, and its established track record of empirically grounded, policy relevant and high impact research is uniquely placed to conduct this work. CoDE's consistent purpose across the past eight years has been to map the changing contours of racial and ethnic inequality in the UK, examine the complex factors underpinning racial and ethnic inequalities, at macro (structural), meso (institutional) and micro (interpersonal) levels, and to work in partnership with key stakeholders to respond to, mitigate, and diminish these inequalities. CoDE's work has been central in demonstrating continuity and change in racial and ethnic inequality over time, in understanding the heterogeneity and commonalities of racial and ethnic minority experiences and in examining the multiple, inter-related dimensions of both identity and inequality (gender, class, sexuality, religion, migration etc.). The current context offers new formations of racial and ethnic inequality, and unprecedented challenges and opportunities in understanding the significance of race, ethnicity, and ethnic inequality, in contemporary Britain. The Covid19 crisis has highlighted both the key roles played by racial and ethnic minorities in Britain, and the enduring significance of racial and ethnic inequality, across a range of arenas, from health to employment, education, and housing. Many of these inequalities were already known (Byrne et al 2020). However, as the country faces severe economic crisis in the wake of the Covid19 crisis, and with Brexit taking place during the period of research, there is an urgent need to examine the longer term implications of macroeconomic shocks on already entrenched inequalities for ethnic minority communities. In addition, the recent BLM campaigns have suggested a significant turning point in the public and political debates around racial and ethnic inequality, nationally and globally. This has been met by unprecedented commitments from politicians, businesses and civil society institutions to tackle embedded forms of racism. However the form, efficacy and long-term commitment of such pledges are as yet uncertain, and it will be important to examine how this impetus builds on existing forms of institutional change, 'what works', and what does not work. As in previous work, CoDE's new programme will be distinguished by its multidisciplinary, multi-scalar and multi-sited approach, working within and across different social and policy arenas to draw connections across discrete sites. The research will employ a range of methods, including innovative quantitative data sources and analysis, in dialogue with ethnographic, visual and participatory methods. The Centre will build on its existing network of high-profile and influential public and private sector partners at national, regional and local level to maximise the impact of its work.