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The Afiya Trust recognises that we have to be more sophisticated to unpack the diverse experiences and the meaning of BME communities. This means having a greater understanding of the complexity of cultural identity, gender, age, religion, health status and sexuality, and its relationship to access health care and health inequalities.
Despite all the rhetoric on equalities, diversity action plans and the importance of a multicultural society, there is still significant ignorance and denial from commissioners and service providers about our needs along with the recognition that communities have their own resilience and survival strategies which can add value to service delivery. Structural racism still exist in Britain today, and therefore The Afiya Trust believes that race equality should not be swept under the carpet along with the notion that multiculturalism has failed, and that BME communities are just simply victims of their own misfortune. In the near future we will produce good practice guidance based on Equality Impact Assessments in areas such as commissioning and race equality, and the development of culturally specific race equality training. |
