Perceived or actual discrimination deters Muslims from pursuing careers in security and uniformed services.
Evidence
Muslims may unconsciously avoid applying for or aspiring to join certain employment sectors that they feel would provide an alienating work environment or where they would expect to be ‘pigeonholed’ into stereotypical work. This could include sectors such as the police force, the construction industry, acting, the armed forces and the media. … The perception of institutional racism is one of the biggest hurdles for service career recruitment. If job sectors are exposed as having condoned discrimination for many years, it can take a generation of reform to recognize whether institutions have indeed improved. The Ministry of Defence, for example, has made concerted efforts to increase diversity in the armed forces. According to biannual diversity statistics in 2017, Muslims only make up 0.4% of the UK regular forces, compared with just under 5% of wider British society. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 294
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the ‘chill factor’ concept from McCrudden at 293 — the antecedents of the avoidance mechanism. — connects to: Anticipated discrimination deters Muslims from entering hostile job sectors — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 292; Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 385; Muslims in the United States endure discrimination in their everyday lives — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 32 (+9 more)
- SHARE: The 0.4% vs ~5% armed-forces representation gap is a concrete stat worth sending to anyone tracking British Muslim civic inclusion.
Related
- Muslims are barely represented in UK armed forces despite diversity efforts (similarity 0.90)
- Anticipated discrimination deters Muslims from entering hostile job sectors (similarity 0.89)
- Muslim women must conceal religious identity markers to secure employment in hostile climates (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage
#corroborates(0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 385 - Muslims in the United States endure discrimination in their everyday lives
#expands(0.80) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 32 - Visible Muslim identity measurably worsens job-market outcomes in Britain.
#corroborates(0.78) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 304 - Visibly Muslim markers like the headscarf trigger added discrimination in hiring
#corroborates(0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 281 - Prevent alienates the Muslim communities it claims to engage.
#complicates(0.75) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 390 - Muslim women must conceal religious identity markers to secure employment in hostile climates
#corroborates(0.72) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 376 - Muslim employment gaps persist beyond what full-time education explains
#corroborates(0.72) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 226 - Muslim men sought to hide religious identity while Muslim women resisted removal
#corroborates(0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 611 - Muslims suffer hostility for perceived identity beyond any voluntary religious choice.
#corroborates(0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 96