Why are black people discouraged to go the top universities?

Yeah, upbringing would have A LOT to do with it. My parents want me to do Medicine AND go to OXBRIDGE. Not really my plans, but i will them that soon

some of the universities listed are dominated by blacks. a lot of black people don't (want to) get on with whites; they pick less prestigious universities in order to stay in their social comfort zones.

Wasn't there an article saying that White people have more of a chance getting into Oxbridge even if they have the same grades as Black or Asian people?

Every time I'm on the bus and I hear an argument, a Carribean woman is usually involved. Furthermore, most times I've heard a customer kick off where I work, the customer has been Carribean.
They seem to get wound up by the little things, but the more important issues (lack of education, lack of fathers for their kids) seem to be ignored.

And I was accusing you of being politically incorrect

Wasn't there an article saying that White people have more of a chance getting into Oxbridge even if they have the same grades as Black or Asian people?

I am Nigerian, my parents have always told me to aim for the best universities such as Oxbridge, UCL, Imperial etc. Lately, I have noticed that quite a lot black people do not really aim for the top, even though they have the potential to get there. When I ask what university they want to go to, they usually say Coventry, Greenwich and other Mid-ranking universities, they are not bad universities but they have the potential to go to better universities. I know this attitude must be common because Black people are really under-represented in the top universities. I go to comprehensive, but my school is good. So why guys? Am i the only one who has noticed this?

People tell you that?! D:



But then again, a lot do the opposite. And social comfort zones? I think that's only applicable to black people who live in areas such as London and Birmingham where there are large black communities.

Is it that people who are other than from fee paying schools are discouraged, and most people at fee paying schools are white?

They're not discouraged, they're actually encouraged. Universities have big incentives to accept more people from ethnic minority backgrounds. The issue is that the unfortunate fact of the matter is that in Britain, black people tend to be less well off than white people as others have alluded to. And unfortunately, the wealthier you are, the more chances you have in life and in turn the more likely you are to get into a top University.

Of course, it is not all black people. It doesn't apply to myself. I want to go to UCL. Well done to your cousins btw. People in my school, don't really come from the "hood", they are probably just lazy

Probably. It isn't true though. As usual it'll be written by a bunch of idiots taking statistics out of context.

They're not discouraged, they just don't have the grades imo. I know very few black people who are intelligent for Oxford ucl etc and some try hard, whilst others don't. Plus the majority of the population are whites...




This is a joke and so not true.

Some ethnic minorities are put off going to top institutions because they worry the won't fit in.

Also, some schools don't encourage going to university/going to a good university.

Probably. It isn't true though. As usual it'll be written by a bunch of idiots taking statistics out of context.

There was, and it was written by someone who either couldn't or didn't want to unpack the data.

Those figures referred to ethnic minority students turned down by (I think it was) Oxford.

First I'm not sure that it makes good sense to aggregate results for black and Asian and East Asian and etc. candidates as if they're all the same because of what they are not, which is only white.

As well it failed to acknowledge, what Oxford pointed out at once, these figures are misleadingly distorted by the fact that so many of these are applying in competition with each other for the same and anyway massively oversubscribed courses. The Indian candidates are all cutting each others throats in applications for medicine, economics, and law while the white kids mop up in biology, french, and classics.

Generalisations like that don't help anyone tbh

Wasn't there an article saying that White people have more of a chance getting into Oxbridge even if they have the same grades as Black or Asian people?

Hahaha, my parents wanted me to do medicine but they came around only my brother left to fulfil that dream now

Do you have the grades?
I think why so many people don't have the grades to get in is because they're not encouraged by their parents to work hard. My mother pushed me from a young age and yes, I think I do have the grades. It's not a matter of intelligence, more so of family valuing education.

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