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rant on the term "people of color"
SeventhSandwich:
I'd be inclined to agree that POC is kind of a stuffty catch-all label that serves more as a signal of virtue rather than a useful descriptive term. 99% of the time when the term POC comes up, it's in talks about stuff like systemic discrimination/police brutality/etc, when in those contexts, it makes virtually no sense.
Everyone who isn't white is a person of color. A rich-ass Chinese immigrant is a POC. A guy who's 1/4 Argentinian is a POC. A black guy is a POC. But what commonalities are there in the discrimination they face in our society? Basically nothing because their experiences are completely different.
Juncoph:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on September 12, 2017, 09:53:44 PM ---I'd be inclined to agree that POC is kind of a stuffty catch-all label that serves more as a signal of virtue rather than a useful descriptive term. 99% of the time when the term POC comes up, it's in talks about stuff like systemic discrimination/police brutality/etc, when in those contexts, it makes virtually no sense.
Everyone who isn't white is a person of color. A rich-ass Chinese immigrant is a POC. A guy who's 1/4 Argentinian is a POC. A black guy is a POC. But what commonalities are there in the discrimination they face in our society? Basically nothing because their experiences are completely different.
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elon musk is african american
ultimamax:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on September 12, 2017, 09:53:44 PM ---Everyone who isn't white is a person of color. A rich-ass Chinese immigrant is a POC. A guy who's 1/4 Argentinian is a POC. A black guy is a POC. But what commonalities are there in the discrimination they face in our society? Basically nothing because their experiences are completely different.
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yeah but if you believe in structural white supremacy then anyone who's not white is clearly affected by it, even if its to different degrees/in different ways. and it turns out most of the people saying "people of color" believe in structural white supremacy
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: ultimamax on September 12, 2017, 10:06:30 PM ---yeah but if you believe in structural white supremacy
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anyone who does this needs zyklon. problem solved
Electrk²:
I'm glad the term exists; it helps us weed out the mentally ill easier