Why did Freddy Mercury change his name? Why do we have the term BAME?

Why did Freddy Mercury change his name? Why do we have the term BAME?

But then again, nothing really mattered to Freddy Mercury or Farouk Balsara in the end … just like COVID it doesn’t distinguish itself from race, being wealthy, poor, … whatever… we just move on and another one bites the dust…

Why did Freddy Mercury change his name? Why do we have the term BAME? I mean let’s face it, in today’s world there is more diversity than back then, I really do not know of any musician who made it on his/her own being the “A” in BAME, or as big as Queen…