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Your logic makes sense to me tbh. In my mind, an individual with a minority ethnic background would be someone who is a part of a group of people who differs in race or colour from the majority of the population in which they live. So, this, in my opinion, would change depending on the country/part of the world you're in hence why the use of the categorisation can be problematic.

So using your example, I think someone from eastern Europe who lives/works/studies in the UK would be a part of the ME part of the acronym for the above reasons and I'm sure we can all think of examples (especially post-Brexit in the UK) of how people with those backgrounds have been discriminated against and been mistreated because of where they are from and not necessarily because of the colour of their skin.

Interestingly, I was speaking to a friend in Chicago in the US about the use of the word BAME and he explained that it isn't really used over there (they much prefer to use the phrase "people/person of colour") so maybe it's just a UK-specific phrase? I'm not 100% sure but would equally be very curious to hear people's thoughts on what I think is a really interesting and important topic

<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Boden" data-source="post: 72742" data-attributes="member: 487">Your logic makes sense to me tbh. In my mind, an individual with a minority ethnic background would be someone who is a part of a group of people who differs in race or colour from the majority of the population in which they live. So, this, in my opinion, would change depending on the country/part of the world you're in hence why the use of the categorisation can be problematic. So using your example, I think someone from eastern Europe who lives/works/studies in the UK would be a part of the ME part of the acronym for the above reasons and I'm sure we can all think of examples (especially post-Brexit in the UK) of how people with those backgrounds have been discriminated against and been mistreated because of where they are from and not necessarily because of the colour of their skin.Interestingly, I was speaking to a friend in Chicago in the US about the use of the word BAME and he explained that it isn't really used over there (they much prefer to use the phrase &quot;people/person of colour&quot;) so maybe it's just a UK-specific phrase? I'm not 100% sure but would equally be very curious to hear people's thoughts on what I think is a really interesting and important topic <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Boden, post: 72742, member: 487"] Your logic makes sense to me tbh. In my mind, an individual with a minority ethnic background would be someone who is a part of a group of people who differs in race or colour from the majority of the population in which they live. So, this, in my opinion, would change depending on the country/part of the world you're in hence why the use of the categorisation can be problematic. So using your example, I think someone from eastern Europe who lives/works/studies in the UK would be a part of the ME part of the acronym for the above reasons and I'm sure we can all think of examples (especially post-Brexit in the UK) of how people with those backgrounds have been discriminated against and been mistreated because of where they are from and not necessarily because of the colour of their skin. Interestingly, I was speaking to a friend in Chicago in the US about the use of the word BAME and he explained that it isn't really used over there (they much prefer to use the phrase "people/person of colour") so maybe it's just a UK-specific phrase? I'm not 100% sure but would equally be very curious to hear people's thoughts on what I think is a really interesting and important topic :) [/QUOTE]

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