Nursery World - Ethnic questions

I suspect that this must have been a mistake, but in this week's In Stock (8 February, fourth item), you refer to 'minority and ethnic families'. I don't know if you meant to write 'minority ethnic families' which would have been fine but, if not, who/which are 'ethnic' families? We all have an ethnicity, whoever we are - so 'ethnic families' is meaningless. Unfortunately it is often used (wrongly) to mean 'black or other minority ethnic'. As this misunderstanding of the term is so common, I wonder if it would be possible to draw this to the attention of Nursery World writers and contributors and remain aware of it.

Unfortunately it is often used (wrongly) to mean 'black or other minority ethnic'. As this misunderstanding of the term is so common, I wonder if it would be possible to draw this to the attention of Nursery World writers and contributors and remain aware of it.

Jane Lane, advocate worker for racial equality in the early years

* Editor's note: We apologise for this simple production error

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