Explain cultural deprivation and why it effects those of ethnic minorities when it comes to educational underachievement.

- if English is not your first language you may struggle to achieve (this does not hold back all EM groups) - poorer students may lack the intellectual stimulation at home and some ethnic minority groups are more likely to live in poverty - some ethnic minority groups won't have the cultural or social capital - some black communities may be more likely to have a fatalistic attitude sue to racism experienced in wider society