STREAMOFCONSCIOUSN3S t1_is6702v wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:20 PM

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People of Color (the POC) that are Black (the B) or Native American (the I), but not Hispanic or Asian. Why there's a term that combines Black and Native Americans is anyone's guess.

[deleted] t1_is6i4mg wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:32 PM

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glabvaz t1_is758d6 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:01 PM

Actually it stands for Black, Indigenous, [AND] People Of Color. It’s just a term that has been used more recently instead of “minority” since that’s a little reductive- but it’s not a statement about anything political, it’s just an acronym :)

EDIT: also the POC (People of Color) refers to the many communities who historically faced discrimination/disadvantages because of their ethnicity or skin color such as Latine or many Middle Eastern ethnicities

dweeeebus t1_is7qyj0 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 10:24 PM

Honest question, why does the term "people of color" not include black or indigenous?

transient_trans t1_is848p7 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:04 AM

I think the term BIPOC developed to highlight black and indigenous communities who face specific challenges that sometimes get swept under the rug. To be honest, in most contexts both POC and BIPOC are interchangeable, it just depends on who is using which term and why.

STREAMOFCONSCIOUSN3S t1_isb0sgz wrote on October 14, 2022 at 4:21 PM

Vox tells me that it's just Black and Indigenous that are the focus of BIPOC. IDK maybe it's just not a good word and it doesn't have a solidified definition.