• Slides at work now say "Global majority / BAME / BIPOC" in a sort of contortion of politeness.
    Most everyone I know who has to work with it hates it - but is it useful to be able to say "everyone (other than white people)" as part of identifying and challenging racism?

    One thing with the recent BLM exposure/awareness is that it has foregrounded discussion of Black experiences and injustices in a way which hasn't been done in the last few years of "diversity and inclusion"/BAME fluff.

    But, if the problem is basically held by White people and structures, then doesn't it make sense to make this distinction? (Them as distinct from everyone else.) I don't know, it's something I go round in circles with. No-one wants to be called BAME as an individual. It's patronising and dehumanising. But it's useful when you need to show what is wrong at a structural level in a succinct way.

    Any other, um, other-than-white people have thoughts on this?

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