Re: Pakistani poverty in the UK, but Indians doing well.
Well, Muslims have been under performing in comparison to Hindus as far back as anyone can remember. Hindus were often the primary beneficiaries of improving educational standards and improving job opportunities during the British era. Muslims seem to have gotten set in some weird fix since the fall of the mughals, that still seems to resonate to this day, god only knows why.
Thankfully, Pakistani Americans (not sure about Canadians) seem to be doing alright and have bucked the trend, while Bangladesh as a nation, has improved social indicators significantly over the last 20 odd years, even surpassing India in a number of areas.
From what I have seen among Pakistanis in the UK, owing to the large size of the population, they tend to cluster together in these close knit communities where interaction with general society isnt often possible and in some cases is shunned… And the matter isnt helped by the welfare system, which while appreciated, doesn’t really encourage the beneficiary to go out there and make things happen for himself.
i generally agree with this but i think the elephant in the room is differences in ambition level and priorities. i’m not sure there’s a simple explanation but religiosity and subscription to notions of predestination are probably not a bad place to start looking.