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The @AP have finally caught up with what many of us have been doing naturally for a lifetime - 'capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring to people in a racial, ethnic or cultural context.'
Whilst we're on the subject...
Thead...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/20/associated-press-style-guide-capitalize-black
Whilst we're on the subject...
Thead...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/20/associated-press-style-guide-capitalize-black
It is not Afro-Caribbean, Afro-American, Afro-German, or any other 'Afro' sub-group.
It is African.
Afro is a hairstyle.
African-[ ] is the heritage of a people that should not be reduced.
It is African.
Afro is a hairstyle.
African-[ ] is the heritage of a people that should not be reduced.
People are not in themselves diverse. You can have a diverse workforce, as that is the general description of that group of individuals, but a person in that group is not a 'diverse employee'. 1/2
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A group of employees made up of white English, Ghanaian, Chinese and Maori people is indeed a diverse group, but the white English workers are no less diverse than the rest of them.
A group of employees made up of white English, Ghanaian, Chinese and Maori people is indeed a diverse group, but the white English workers are no less diverse than the rest of them.
White people also have an ethnicity, and could be described as 'ethnic. Every person on the planet has an ethnicity, that is not the sole preserve of people with black or brown skin.
(description, so small 'b')
(description, so small 'b')
There is no such thing as a Widening Participation (WP) student. Even if a student has been recruited through a certain initiative, does/should not separate that student from their peers and labelled or treated differently. They are all students with different stories to tell.
Not getting into debate here, but the terms BAME, B&ME, People of Colour (PoC), and other 'of Colour' variations are hotly debated. The CRCRN will try to avoid using these terms in its official documents, but will RT and engage with documents that do. 1/3
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It's an ongoing debate, but lumping lots of people with different ethnicities who live in Britain together, (some of which would have been born in the UK, and some born abroad - Poland, Nigeria, Russia, India, anywhere...), as BAME is hugely problematic, and not very useful.
It's an ongoing debate, but lumping lots of people with different ethnicities who live in Britain together, (some of which would have been born in the UK, and some born abroad - Poland, Nigeria, Russia, India, anywhere...), as BAME is hugely problematic, and not very useful.
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A person is not BAME. Be more specific.
A person is not BAME. Be more specific.
This isn't about policing people's language. We're all in different parts of learning and we respect that. Not everyone highly experienced in this work agrees on terminology. It's about bringing debates about language to the surface, not distracting from the work of anti-racism.
Adding to this thread on language...
There is no such thing as a slave.
People are enslaved. It is a condition that was forced upon them, but it is not their humanity.
Therefore - 'Enslaved African', not 'slave' or 'African slave'.
There is no such thing as a slave.
People are enslaved. It is a condition that was forced upon them, but it is not their humanity.
Therefore - 'Enslaved African', not 'slave' or 'African slave'.
