What we stand for

This is an intersectional group to cater to the needs of the Black and Minority Ethnic Anglican community (BAME). We welcome anyone whooriginates from or has ancestry from Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America multi heritage and indigenous backgrounds. Non-BAME people are welcome to use this website to further their understanding of race and ethnicity within the context of the Church.

We take into account that race and ethnicity is one aspect of our identity as are others such as gender, sexuality, disability. Keeping that in mind we like to acknowledge we do not live our lives in though a single issue but are products of a variety of issues which govern the way we perceive the world. For instance it is possible to be black, homosexual, disabled and a Christian. Neither of these aspects of identity can be separated from one another nor should they be. Using the concept of Intersectionality as proposed by Dr Kimberly Crenshaw we would like our group to reflect the same. We would like our identities to be treated as a whole without having to choose loyalties and split and categorise our experiences. While race will be our primary focus of interest we acknowledge our readers and contributors identities encompass other identities too.

We would like to understand how race functions in the context of the Anglican Church, which has dioceses across the world. Acknowledging that racism is not a new issue nor is it one that seems to be diminishing we would like to discuss how the issue can be tackled. Racism affects individuals and communities adversely and it is not in keeping with church teaching. It is essential to tackle this problem which is a barrier in church participation.

This group will discuss these issues at length and provide resources for those interested in learning more about racial issues in the Anglican Church. Keeping in mind the diverse range of worship styles in the Anglican Church we would like to see healthy debate and not antagonism.

We reject racism, misogyny, violence, aggression, sexism, ablism, homophobia, transphobia, casteism, white supremacy, patriarchy and oppressive ideologies.

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