The Ucas row is bad. But racism in education starts much earlier | Malia Bouattia | Opinion | The Guardian | Box of delight | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - June 2, 2018 7:01 AM
The news that despite making up only 9% of overall applicants to the university admissions service Ucas, black students in the UK make up more than half of those flagged for possible fraud, has understandably outraged many. In other words, they were 21 times more likely to have their applications investigated than their white counterparts.

There is legitimate anger being directed towards Ucas from political figures, students, educators and communities across the country over this data, especially given its failure to explain the shocking racial disparity. But I believe we are only touching the surface of a deep-seated issue that has existed within our education system for a very long time – institutional racism.