Ethnicity pay gap and dodgy BBC reporting

[checjb]

Hi,
I saw this article on the BBC News site and you'll see that the headline is that white workers earn 3.8% more than the average ethnic worker. However, people of Chinese or Indian ethnicity earn more than whites but the headline isn't "Chinese earn x% more than others". Is it just me or is the whole article a bit provocative?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48919813

 

[checjb]

Ehh, this is the headline

Now the headline per se but the main thrust of the messaging, IMO.

As for me being provoked, it's not the content of the article but more the way they've played a bit fast and loose with the messaging. I guess I spend too much time paying with data sets in my job.