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BAME - Let's stop using it

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Gannygangan Mon 29-Mar-21 07:19:00

I wrote this comment on another thread a few days ago.

BAME is an acronym which doesn't sit well with the people it's describing.

My son in law loathes it.
And I've read a few articles where people are explaining why it's not appreciated

A couple of days ago I was watching Jeremy Vine and the brilliant Nana Akua was saying how much she hated it as well.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53194376

Today it's being reported that The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities find the word BAME unhelpful and redundant

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/government-ban-use-term-bame-20275203

So hopefully it will be confined to history sooner rather than later.

SueDonim Mon 29-Mar-21 18:18:46

It’s offensive Oldwoman70 when it comes with a subtext of ‘you can’t be one of us’ if you speak like that.

We lived in Indonesia when my youngest was 6yo. Indonesian people touched her all the time, mostly pinching her cheek for luck. We also came across a school outing at a heritage site once. Everyone wanted dd in their photo and she ended up between two groups pulling on her arms in a tug of war for possession. shock

Whether people ask questions is also a cultural aspect. Indonesians ask very personal questions such as your age, your medical history, where you work, how much you earn, whether you have children, their ages etc, whether your parents are alive, what they do, how much they earn, who looks after them if they’re elderly, do you have aunts and uncles and so on. It would be considered very instructive to ask such things in Western society but it’s perfectly acceptable in Indonesian society.

SueDonim Mon 29-Mar-21 18:19:13

Intrusive not instructive.

ShelaghALLEN Mon 29-Mar-21 18:21:25

I am someone that did not know that the accronym label WASP's was bad. If anything I have positive thoughts when I think of that label. I always picture a WASP to be someone that is successful that owns their own home and is very wealthy.

Callistemon Mon 29-Mar-21 20:01:42

White Anglo Saxon Protestant?

Persona non grata today!!

Wealth makes it even worse.

Blossoming Mon 29-Mar-21 20:10:34

It’s not a new issue, a lot of people have never liked it.

civilservice.blog.gov.uk/2019/07/08/please-dont-call-me-bame-or-bme/

Alegrias1 Mon 29-Mar-21 20:12:58

ShelaghALLEN

I am someone that did not know that the accronym label WASP's was bad. If anything I have positive thoughts when I think of that label. I always picture a WASP to be someone that is successful that owns their own home and is very wealthy.

WASPI in the UK Shelagh is Women Against State Pension Inequality. smile

timetogo2016 Sat 03-Apr-21 14:11:34

I totaly agree eaazybee.