The active help and support from people from non-marginalised group to support marginalised groups.
An acronym for ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic’.
An acronym for ‘Black and Minority Ethnic’. BME tends to focus more on black communities along with other minority ethnic groups.
An acronym for “Black, Indigenous and People of Colour”.
When a person alters their language, behaviour and or appearance to fit into different cultural contexts.
An example of this may be a Mixed race women who works in an corporate environment with an afro. Maya choose to slick her hair in a more minimal style to fit in with her colleagues.
The practice of settling in, claiming, and taking control over landand people to set up a colony. Multiple colonies are referred to as an empire.
This is being aware of how one’s own cultural beliefs, values and norms and how these may differ from other cultures, but also being willing to learn and respect others cultural differences
Decolonisation is the process of freeing and undoing the political, economic, social and cultural domination of a country or nation over another. This is the dismantling of colonial power.
A curriculum that is centred around or biased towards European perspectives, history, culture and values. It often marginalised other viewpoints and histories.
They are often unconscious and unintentional judgements or decisions based on prior experiences and preconceived ideas of a particular group. This bias can manifest in academia in ways such as unequal treatment and lower expectations.
This is a form if bias that is a result of unconscious attitudes and stereotypes that influence an individuals behaviour and perceptions of an individuals.
Indigenous people are a distinct social and cultural group of people who are native to a particular land, and who have a deep historical connection to their ancestral territories.
Institutional racism is the unequal and injust treatment of people of colour caused by systems, organisations or institutiom. Processes that systematically isafvantage minority ethnic individuals. It is often to deny when hidden and embedded in pribelege and power.
Intersectionality refers to the dynamic interconnection of various social categories such as race, class, disability, gender, and sexual orientation, which can result in overlapping experiences of discrimination for individuals.
Minority individuals are likely to navigate academia with the intersecting identities of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and disability. Intersectionality recognises that the experiences and challenges faced by minority individuals is a complex interplay of various factors. For many minortities, they may experience double marginalisation; amplifying the challenges they may face.
This is the negative attitudes and beliefs associated about mental health illness, which can deter individuals to seek help. This may arise due to a lack of understanding of mental illness
Racial microaggressions are defined as brief, frequent acts, whether intentional or unintentional, that target people of colour with insults and criticising remarks about their race.
This is a term to describe misogyny, prejudice against women, specifically directed towards black women where both their race and gender are targeted.
Race is a socially constructed category of people who share physiological and biological characteristics, such, as skin colour and facial features
Racial microaggressions are defined as brief, frequent acts, whether intentional or unintentional, that target people of colour with insults and criticising remarks about their race.
Racism is the prejudice and discrimination towards an individual based on their race. It stemmed from the belief that one race is superior to another.
Stereotypes are preconceived notions based on race, ethnicity, gender or sexuality that often led to misconceptions about an individual’s competence and suitability for certain fields. In particular, in the field of academia, it causes challenges for minority individuals as it can have both psychological and emotional impacts on them.
Systemic barriers refer to the practices or policies that are put in place that often discriminate against individuals.
Systems of governance and society evident in laws, organisational institutional practices and customs that discriminate against people based on characteristics linked to race.
The beliefs are associated with countries in the Western world, particularly Europe and North America.
