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Lorraine Culley
Professor of Social Science and Health
Associate Director Mary Seacole Research Centre
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,
Hawthorn Building
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH
UK
Tel. 0116 257 7753
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/hls/research/msrc/staff_LCulley.jsp
Knowledgeshare Editor: Diversity in Health and Social Care
From: Lorraine Culley
Sent: 26 October 2009 17:25
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Black - capital B or not
Well, depends what you are referring to. My understanding has
always been that Black refers to Black as a census category - those who assign
themselves to one of the Black categories. 'black' to me refers to the
political idea of 'blackness' as a political category - stressing the
commonality of oppression etc. The latter use does raise problems though,
when not everyone is using it in the same way - and some confuse it with Black
and insist they are not Black - e.g. many of South Asian origin. I
therefore use the term in its technical census form when this is the accurate
use, and tend not to use it that much otherwise, for all the reasons
above. Its part of that equally problematic 'Black and Minority Ethnic' -
which I must say I really think only adds to the confusion and is rarely
helpful in analytical terms.
Lorraine
Lorraine Culley
Professor of Social Science and Health
Associate Director Mary Seacole Research Centre
Hawthorn Building
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH
Tel. 0116 257 7753
Fax: 0116 257 7778
Knowledgeshare Editor: Diversity in Health and Social Care
(Radcliffe)
New Books
Culley, L
& Dyson, S. Ethnicity and Healthcare Practice (2009). Quay Books.
Culley, L,
Hudson, N & van Rooij, F. eds (2009) Marginalized Reproduction: Ethnicity,
Infertility and Reproductive Technologies. Earthscan Books London. ISBN
978-84407-576-8http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marginalized-Reproduction-Infertility-Reproductive-Technologies/dp/1844075761/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245923107&sr=1-2
From: Health of minority ethnic communities in
the UK on behalf of Jenne Dixit
Sent: Mon 26/10/2009 16:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Black - capital B or not
Dear
all
I
wonder whether you are able to help;
This
has been an organisational debate and it would be really helpful to hear from you;
and your opinions.
In
publications - should we be using capital B in the word Black to define the
Black community?
In the
Media like the Guardian and BBC - they use 'b'
I
have searched CEHR website and haven't found what is appropriate and what
isn't?
Could
you help to settle the ongoing debate within our organisation?
Many
thanks in advance
Jenne
Equality and
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