| Titre : | BAME is not my NAME : a Community of Cultures Maternity Forum (CoCMF) (2020) |
| Auteurs : | Benash Nazmeen |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Midirs. Midwifery Digest (Vol. 30, n° 3, September 2020) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 279-281 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Sujets : |
Paramédical (MeSH) Ethnicité ; Femmes enceintes ; Grossesse ; Groupes d'entraide ; Internet ; Médias sociaux ; Sage-femme |
| Résumé : |
One evening the frustration of seeing all the conversations and retweets around COVID, and its effects on BAME staff/communities, left me asking: who would be interested in a discussion in a virtual chat?
I invited all those who responded and someone mentioned how great it was to be starting a ‘BAME’ maternity forum. I knew this was something I had to address. As an Asian I fall into the ‘BAME’ category and, while I use the term to have my voice heard, I do not identify with it at all. Most ‘BAME’ people, pre-COVID media, did not recognise this as a descriptor of ‘Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic’ groups, or realise that this was a term coined to describe them. The term was probably created by a well-meaning high-level official who was trying to make everyone’s life easier for discussions and reports around ethnicity. But in doing so they alienated entire communities further, for if these communities are unaware that ‘BAME’ refers to them, how will they pay attention to, engage in, or oppose vital debates, discussions and plans regarding them? |
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| Bibliothèque Paramédicale | Périodiques | Périodique | MID. DIG. 20-3 | Empruntable | Disponible |
