LETTING agents and recruitment agencies are prepared to discriminate against people from ethnic minority groups, an investigation revealed.
LETTING agents and recruitment agencies are prepared to discriminate against people from ethnic minority groups, an investigation revealed.
A researcher posing as an employer called 30 recruitment agencies in the West of England, saying that he needed a receptionist but insisted the job was offered only to white candidates. Twenty-five companies agreed to his request.
The investigation, carried out for BBC One's Inside Out West, also found letting agents were willing to discriminate, with 17 out of 30 agreeing not to offer a house to anyone from an ethnic minority background.
Professor Tariq Modood, of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, said: "I'm surprised how many people were willing to go along with a very blatant suggestion of discrimination."
