Beyond BAME: Rethinking the politics, construction, application, and efficacy of ethnic categorisation.: Stimulus Paper

Gurnam Singh

Beyond BAME: Rethinking the politics, construction, application, and efficacy of ethnic categorisation. Stimulus Paper

Gurnam Singh

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Abstract

This stimulus paper seeks to do two things. First, it offers a critical commentary on the historical and contemporary politics of counting and categorisation, especially in the context of Empire, colonialism, and the development of modern multicultural ethnic societies. And second, it examines the debate surrounding the efficacy of the ‘BAME’ category and possible alternatives. Our aim is not to be prescriptive about alternatives to the ‘BAME’ category, but to inform ongoing debate and struggle for a suitable alternative mechanism for capturing the collective experiences of racism.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Coventry, UK
Publisher	Higher Education Research Action Group (HERAG)
Commissioning body	Higher Education Race Action Group (HERAG)
Number of pages	32
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

Keywords

Classification
Race
Education
Ethnicity
Racism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)

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