Voices: Nobody understands what ‘global majority’ means – so let’s not use it

‘There is no global ethnic majority group, unless you take the incredibly white-centred view of the world that all non-white people are a group of their own’ - (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Are you part of the “global majority”? I was surprised to hear that I am, after a sudden spike in the use of this novel term last year, which refers to British people like me – those of us who are mixed race, Asian or Black.

Coined by the academic Rosemary Campbell-Stephens in 2003, the term is being adopted across our society, from the BBC to the Church of England. Don’t say “Bame”, say “global majority” instead.