Sporting Equals survey finds widespread discontent with termCEO Arun Kang: ‘Racism cannot have one-size-fits-all approach’ The term BAME can be insulting and should be retired from use, a survey of
UK sporting organisations has found.
BAME, which stands for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic, has become a default phrase to describe any non-white person or group. But the term “places recognition on some communities whilst ignoring others entirely” and does not allow for “ethnic and cultural complexities”, according to Sporting Equals, which commissioned the study.