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| rant on the term "people of color" |
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| otto-san:
language is weird lol. i don't really know why poc was what people settled on but i imagine it was a form of reclamation if at all related to the dated terminology of "colored" |
| Juncoph:
--- Quote from: otto-san on September 12, 2017, 03:15:25 PM ---language is weird lol. i don't really know why poc was what people settled on but i imagine it was a form of reclamation if at all related to the dated terminology of "colored" --- End quote --- so why's it being used on people like me too |
| Tactical Nuke:
it shouldn't be used at all everyone has color ffs, this isn't sin city |
| otto-san:
--- Quote from: Juncoph on September 12, 2017, 03:16:39 PM ---so why's it being used on people like me too --- End quote --- i haven't heard anyone describe ted cruz as a PoC so idk --- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on September 12, 2017, 03:18:47 PM ---it shouldn't be used at all everyone has color ffs, this isn't sin city --- End quote --- race is still a relevant social construct and it gives context to a lot of conflicts and problems from the past and present. it's literally not an option to remove racial concepts from our cultures, and so we can't remove them from our language either. but we do change how we represent those concepts in language, and this is just another transformation in that regard |
| Juncoph:
--- Quote from: otto-san on September 12, 2017, 03:47:12 PM ---i haven't heard anyone describe ted cruz as a PoC so idk race is still a relevant social construct and it gives context to a lot of conflicts and problems from the past and present. it's literally not an option to remove racial concepts from our cultures, and so we can't remove them from our language either. but we do change how we represent those concepts in language, and this is just another transformation in that regard --- End quote --- 1. how many ppl who use the term poc do you think know cruz is anything other than canadian, wealthy, and republican 2. i agree that race is still relevant, if only as a result of historical racism. the way i see it, we've created a deep, culturally ingrained class issue out of a historical racial issue- if a broke black detroitian gets the education he needs, he could absolutely rise above and become the last working-class generation of his family (save money-> get kids college fund-> son becomes engineer, daughter becomes medical doctor, etc) edit: i'm not trying to say poor people should just work harder, i'm saying they need help to know how to properly work, if that makes sense, because how are you supposed to make a grappling hook if nobody teaches you how to make rope? |
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