Comments on: BAME Labour is born

By: Mr jones

Mr jones — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:28:01 +0000

So what is BAME doing for non ethnic groups???

By: Dr Sajjad Rizvi

Dr Sajjad Rizvi — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:52:13 +0000

I would also like to thank Imran Rizvi for bringing the conference to Manchester and also to inform the conference for establishing Asian for Labour in 2002 endorsed by Ian Macartney MP (chair Labour).

By: Dr Sajjad Rizvi

Dr Sajjad Rizvi — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:48:34 +0000

I think the conference was a success to call people from the ethenic minority to come forward and take the advantage of the policies that labour govt has for the better representation of the minority in the Parliment in order to bring a positive change in the society. Congratulations to Keith Vas and Shehzad Ahmed along with his team for the tiring efforts.

By: Anjona Roy

Anjona Roy — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:09:34 +0000

I must admit I’m not a fan of the new name, but hey “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” so I guess I’ll have to learn to love it. My two difficulties with it are firstly the loss of the word “socialist” which I suppose I will eventually get used to and secondly the use of the BAME. Chuka, you state that BAME is commonly used to refer to black, Asian and minority ethnic peoples. The difficulty I have is that I don’t know anyone outside the party who uses the term. I know when I have used it to describe Labour party structures and processes, I’m repeatedly asked what it means by Black members. Not something that will aid recruitment I think and not something that shows Labour as in touch with the language of people on the street.