Social Inclusion And Social Exclusion

Social exclusion is supposed to be a state or procedure of isolation between socially marginalized people and society since the advantaged groups are entitled to access resources and services in the economic, political, cultural life, while the excluded group could not obtain such participatory rights (Levitas, et al., 2007; Stewart et al., 2005; Burchardt, Le Grande and Piachaud, 2002). From the deep definition, social exclusion is concerned with discrimination, prejudice, isolation, even racism for ethnic minority community, which will determine people’s quality of life (Cheung, 2013; Rochelle and Shardlow, 2013). It has clearly been reported that in the 1800s, Chinese came to the UK for the first time; until the early twenty first century,

Therefore, in this essay, initially, it will be elucidated that in the employment, Chinese workers in Britain will experience racism and prejudice, which will need to be tackled from economy, education, and policy. Secondly, it will be elaborated that cultural differences will make Chinese groups socially excluded from British culture. Thus, multiple social network will be established to effectively deal with this issue. Finally, it will be shown that in the health and social services, Chinese community in Britain will be faced with insufficient health support and unequal rights consequently they are marginalised. So it is crucial for social workers to utilise multi-strategies to reduce such social exclusion.

Karlsen and Nazroo (2002) conclude that racism as a social exclusion demonstrates various behaviours, such as prejudice and discrimination, which will eventually affect people’s well-being of employment. While Chinese migrant workers living in Britain may experience social exclusion from internal and external factors of environment (Lo and Chen, 2014). Lack of social welfare and the internal diversity of Chinese communities have led to complex social exclusion. Indeed, Chinese migrant workers are treated as

But it does not mean there are not any obstacles in the cultural integration. Oatey and Xiong (2006) consider that Chinese students in Britain are faced with problems of adjustment and exclusion since they may be influenced by the differences of language, race and culture. In particular, this group might leave hometown for the first time and contact the new culture which is totally different from their culture. Everything needs to be finished by themselves. During the procedure of sociocultural adjustment, the most common difficulty is cultural exclusion in the social interaction with British people, such as language, habit, custom (Oatey and Xiong, 2006). Moreover, as for local people, it is not sensible to keep a genuine and lasting friendship with new coming ethnic minority students, either. While living together in the same flat, different cultural people may meet a variety of lifestyles and values. As for the drinking culture in the UK, some younger Chinese students are reluctant to take part in the social activities full of alcohol and always attach importance to their academic work, which causes social isolation with British students (Oatey and Xiong,