Decolonising DMU6 Mai 2021

Re-thinking BAME

The use of the terminology BAME, which stands for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, as a catchall term to describe minorities' in the UK has criticised in a number of places. The controversial Race Report 2021 described it as “unhelpful”. Some newspapers have decided against using the term in their publications.

This episode tries to understand the need for labels to describe a wide range of communities and questions if is possible to find new term that includes everyone? We also look at the role of BAME staff networks play in Higher Education.

The episode features Dr Hardeep Basra, Academic Development Consultant and

Co chair of the BAME staff network at De Montfort University

Rik Kennedy Senior Lecturer in Education at De Montfort University

Moonlie Fong-Whittaker Learning and Development Coordinator at Imperial College London.

for more information about the term take a look at https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/beyond-bame-rethinking-the-politics-construction-application-and-

Advance HE

https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/guidance/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/using-data-and-evidence/use-of-language-race-ethnicity

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