You’re correct to state that yes black children in the UK are more likely to go to university than their white counterparts, however, this not only goes for black children but all ethic minorities. The truth is working class white children in the UK have issues British society isn’t comfortable talking about and I believe is one of the leading causes of the rise of popularism in the country.

It’s also important to note that although black children are more likely to go to university they are also 2.5 times more likely to be unemployed on comparison to their equally qualified white counterparts which indicates institutional racism. If as you suggest we avoid the topic of race solutions for issues like this will never appear.

Lastly, there is a huge black wage gap in the UK £3.2bn according to reports.

Speaking as a British black male I can say that race issues in the US and the UK aren’t as different as you make out and in a lot of ways the US is miles ahead in confronting the problem openly in contrast to the UK approach where people would rather sweep the whole issue under the carpet as you have so neatly illustrated.

Links to the data below.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/educ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/201...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/money/2018/...