Anti-Racist Allyship Toolkit
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Glossary of Terms<br />
<strong>Allyship</strong><br />
Allies are individuals who belong to dominant social groups and, through<br />
their support of nondominant groups actively work toward the eradication of<br />
prejudicial practices they witness in both their personal and professional lives.<br />
(Disarming racial microaggressions: micro intervention strategies for targets,<br />
white allies, and bystanders)<br />
<strong>Anti</strong>-racist<br />
One who is supporting an antiracist policy through their actions or expressing<br />
an antiracist idea. (Ibram X. Kendi)<br />
Black Attainment Gap<br />
The Black Attainment Gap is the difference between Black and white students’<br />
likelihood of achieving 2:1 or first-class degrees at university. (NUS)<br />
BAME<br />
Abbreviation for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic: used to refer to people in the<br />
UK who are not white. (Cambridge Dictionary)<br />
BME<br />
Abbreviation for Black and minority ethnic: used to refer to people in the UK<br />
who are not white. (Cambridge Dictionary)<br />
Cultural trauma<br />
Cultural trauma occurs when members of a collectivity feel they have been<br />
subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks upon their group<br />
consciousness, marking their memories forever and changing their future<br />
identity in fundamental and irrevocable ways. (Jeffrey Alexander)
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