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BAME
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bame
English
Pronunciation
en B A M E initialism
en /beɪm/ acronym
en eɪm 1
Adjective
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en UK en black, Asian and minority ethnic.
en BME
en Rajdeep Sandhu Should BAME be ditched as a term for black, Asian and minority ethnic people? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43831279 w:BBC News w:BBC 2018-05-17 "It's useful in that it promotes a kind of solidarity between the people that come under it belong to a BAME background, but it does lack nuance. Darren Barnes https://web.archive.org/web/20260919123414/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43831279 19 September 2026
en 2019 Tony Bush; Les Bell; David Middlewood Principles of Educational Leadership & Management SAGE Publications Limited 9781526471222 BruODwAAQBAJ 225 Ryan, Pollock and Antonelli (2009) reported that several teachers in Canada ‘struggle’ to interact with students of BAME origin who were often ‘othered’, in particular, those of migrant origin.
en 2019 Paul Miller; Christine Callender Race, Education and Educational Leadership in England Bloomsbury Publishing 9781350068605 dxmKDwAAQBAJ 82 Ironically, there is some evidence that BAME parents want white teachers and leaders for their children, a form of ‘reverse racism’, suggesting that neocolonial attitudes persist through different generations.
Further reading
Rajdeep Sandhu Should BAME be ditched as a term for black, Asian and minority ethnic people? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43831279 w:BBC News w:BBC 2018-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20260919123414/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43831279 19 September 2026
Anagrams
en abem ameb- ambe Beam Mabe BEAM bema mabe beam Emba