It’s time to get rid of ‘BAME’ – The B has been diluted for too long

This week it was reported that the Covid-19 death rate in England is higher among BAME people than white people. The announcement was very much in the shadow of the current Black Lives Matter protests, further highlighting the systemic, historic racism that British society is built on. 

While BAME is a catch-all term to include all Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, the Black Lives Matter movement is just that: about Black lives, those of Black African or Black Caribbean heritage. 

Because, after all, it is not BAME Lives that are threatened disproportionately.

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