Two out of five BAME interior designers have faced discrimination at work due to their ethnicity, according to a diversity survey by the British Institute of Interior Design.
Conducted last year, BIID claims its Diversity in Interior Design survey is "the UK's first-ever survey of diversity in interior design".
Forty-two per cent of the 109 respondents who identified as Asian, black, mixed or other said they had been a victim of discrimination in their profession or workplace because of their race or ethnicity.
Just over 60 per cent also believe that their race or ethnicity has hindered their advancement in the industry.
"It is clear that racism has been a factor that has held back the career progression of ethnic minority designers," BIID chief operating office Katherine Elworthy told Dezeen. White designers disproportionately represented in senior positions
The results found that 46 per cent of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) interior designers are the only person of colour in their workplace.
White designers, on the other hand, are disproportionally represented in leadership roles.
Although they made up only 69 per cent of all 363 survey respondents, white designers accounted for 78 per cent of those in high-level positions.
Fifteen per cent of all respondents have faced discrimination based on their ethnicity. This number increases to 42 per cent if only including responses from people who identify as Asian, black, mixed or other
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