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Suppose, like, for the sake of argument, 'positive action provision' is, like, considered to be an accommodation that's all about recognizing migrants' cultural vibes

Tho the Equality Act offers some lit protections to characteristics that weren't previously covered by the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the theory, tho, that clearly underpins this Act hasn't been well established yet when it comes to recognizing the equality claim from cultural capital. There's, like, no cap on a recognized principle to flex on whether we recognize or don't recognize migrants' cultural capital, you know? Posi action provision in the Equality Act doesn't really flex on that test and boost the equality law vibes, ya know? Like, the rights to equality from cultural capital need some serious love. 

The provision can like, totally dampen the vibes, flex, or skillz of migrants by lowkey reinforcing the idea that minorities are less qualified, ya know? the law calls the employer's agent)' OMG, that was like sooo long ago (2011:11). OMG, like according to this Equality Act 2010, migrants have major rights to claim related to the recognition of their education, qualifications, talents, and language skills, etc. It's lit! Their identity or national characteristics should not be, like, a reason to ghost their need for recognition, ya know? cap. Such accommodation is like totally given out based on the vibes of recognizing the needs of the underprivileged class, ya know? Yet, there's like no app of this rule for Celina and others even tho the bosses of the worker peeps have been given powers to make it happen. We totally got from Celina's personal story (in the last chapter) that this local worker who didn't even meet the qualifications still got promoted. It's like, totally possible that there's, like, this glass ceiling thingy that stopped Celina and other girls from getting to the top, you know? As Kay has lowkey flexed:

OMG, like why is there, not just in the Soviet Union but maybe in our own liberal democracies too, this weird glass ceiling thing for liberation?

 

It's like women's rights can only go so far on the road to equality before they get stopped and sometimes even pushed back by some mysterious, intangible barrier? SMH. (OMG, 2k, p. 20) The tea from respondent stories not only spillin' the tea 'bout their experiences in the work place but also talkin' 'bout the glass ceiling that be like, those fake barriers based on hella biased attitudes in the organization that stop qualified peeps from movin' up into management-level positions (Martin, 1991, p. 1). Yo, research shows that this sneaky barrier of discrimination is one of the reasons why women and POC face disadvantages in fancy job settings (Ards et al., 1997; Burbridge, 1994; Chliwniak, 1997; Frankforter, 1996; Jacobs, 1992; Johnsrud & Heck, 1994; Morrison et al., 1987; Morrison & Von Glinow, 1990; Powell & Butterfield, 1997). Lit, right? The stories of my female respondents, like, give mad deets on how inequality totally affects the working lives of migrant women workers and how employers deal with and treat individual symptoms of the gender order. The stories also spill the tea on how the gov claims they're all about equality for everyone, but it's like, do they even care about women's rights and freedom? They need to step up and protect victims from those shady recruitment agencies, ya know? Posi action provision29 is like, totally given through the Act but some employers might still be acting in a way that causes them to skip over an equally qualified migrant candidate, ugh. OMG, in the Equality Act 2010, it's like totally said that by using positive action, an employer can like choose peeps from specific groups and encourage those who are disadvantaged to get jobz, promotions, training, and stuff. It's like, if the candidates are totally on the same level, the employer can totally give the job to someone from a group that's protected and disadvantaged. Just sayin'.

Employers do be knowin' what the law requires and enforcement demands, but some of them be breakin' it anyway. How can it be flexed? 

That's like, the big problem, ya know? Celina, like, thought that her cultural clout from getting qualifications and experience in Poland and Scotland wasn't, like, appreciated the same way. Even though Celina had all the right vibes and was totally educated and skilled, her claim for cultural capital, which Pierre Bourdieu calls institutional capital - like, the official recognition of someone's assets from getting degrees and stuff (Bourdieu, 1986) - was totally not recognized. The outcome is like, totally an equality claim made by Celina, ya know? Like, for real tho, the theory behind the claim from cultural capital might need a total re-evaluation of the current Equality Act to make sure someone's claim from human capital (Costanza and Daly, 1992) or academic capital (Gregory et al., 2009) which is, like, connected to Bourdieu's cultural capital, can be, like, challenged and recognized equally. This ain't really spelled out in the Equality Act but it's, like, a major move to lock down that real equality vibe, ya know? It's, like, a key part of some social justice movements and stuff. Yo, so like the positive action thing in the Equality Act 2010 is supposed to help employers hook up underprivileged peeps from the community with job opportunities, but a lot of employers aren't using it for migrants.