Reverse Colonialism in the UK?

Career choice shaped by ethnic background

While an increasing proportion of white students in Britain dream of careers in publicly-funded organisations with index-linked pensions and a good work-life balance, those from other ethnic groups are far more likely to aspire to careers in finance or business.

This gulf in the career goals and industry preferences of different ethnic groups emerged from the Universum 2006 University Graduate Survey, which examined the aspirations and attitudes of 7,760 students in the UK.

The startling effect that ethnic background has on the career choices is most clearly illustrated by the fact that students of Chinese descent are four times more likely to harbour an ambition to pursue a career in banking or than their white counterparts."

Pete's Points
From Management Issues
This article is also a worry.

If there really is a direct correlation between career choice and ethnicity then I suspect that the next set of news we are likely to see on our TV screens will deal with the choices that people in Britain face in setting their immigration policy.

Migrants have always wanted to make their financial and social situation better than it had been in their home countries. It is perhaps one of the main reasons for migration in the first place - to have a better life.

This research, placed in context would merely reflect this reality.

However the way it is being pushed in this article would suggest that the 'white' population in the UK will end up being the public servants while the other ethnic groups end up running business and banking.

If one was to take a hilarious view of this whole affair then it could be said that turn around was fair play. After all the 'white' people of the UK colonized a number of places around the world where the population was of a different ethnic background and became the bankers and the business men AND kept all of the high level positions in the public services. It is only fitting that in line with their current immigration policy there is a reversal of the process and a few generations later the former colonials are becoming the new colonizers!