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  • initialism Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic

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Examples

  • Instead, the party's Liverpool conference passed a much weaker motion agreeing merely to "set targets for BAME [black and minority ethnic] representation in line with national and regional Office of National Statistics data", and commit to more training for potential candidates from non-white backgrounds.

    Lib Dems reject positive discrimination for choosing party candidates 2010

  • It also predicted that "further failure to make significant progress on BAME [black and minority ethnic] representation at all levels, and particularly in the House of Commons, will continue to damage the reputation of the party amongst BAME communities".

    Lib Dems reject positive discrimination for choosing party candidates 2010

  • All the patronising "initiatives" that the left throw at the "BAME" community just goes to reinforce the sense of their own supposed uselessness.

    The Coconuts Of London Newmania 2007

  • AWS and Black And Minority Ethnic Shortlists BAME are not long term solutions by any means.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Kerron Cross 2006

  • AWS and Black And Minority Ethnic Shortlists BAME are not long term solutions by any means.

    Selective Selections Kerron Cross 2006

  • One of them was a demand from the 300-strong audience for compulsory BAME shortlists, and the other was the fact that blacks were joining the party only to vote for Ms Abbott.

    British National Party 2010

  • * The BAME website has been made up by the same people responsible for the non-whites only

    British National Party 2010

  • They would do well to make a head start by looking at how they can open themselves up to a more diverse workplace culture and stamp out all forms of discrimination, whether older employees, women, individuals from BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) backgrounds or homosexuals are the target.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Ruth Spellman 2010

  • "Some professions, especially those that offer the best pay, are still not perceived by a large minority of the country's BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) population as genuine career options," said Sandra Kerr, National Director of the Race for Opportunity group that carried out the survey for the Business in the Community group.

    www.kyivpost.com 2010

  • However, I'd comment one thing: IMHO the quality of candidates entering in the process is actually very high - the problem is that the current process is so odd that the vast majority fall by the wayside, for not being female, BAME or union-backed (the three fast-track ways to the shortlist).

    Labourhome 2009

  • There are similar concerns about use of the collective and abbreviated terms for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) and Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) (commonly used in the UK).

    Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals For Authors 2021

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