rant on the term "people of color"

[Juncoph]

the way you formatted this makes it hard to respond so im just not going to

commie response

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[PhantOS]

you may got quantity khaz but i got quality

[Red Spy]

how unfortunate for you all

holy stuff what

[Juncoph]

holy stuff what

you've never seen one of those?

it's not a mega crayon kit, it's really just a crate of regular crayon kits. my class had something like it in kindergarten

[PhantOS]

my name is Phant "the crayon sharpener" OS and i'm here to borrow your girlfriend permanently

[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]

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.

elon musk is african american

[ultimamax]

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.

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]

yeah but if you believe in structural white supremacy

anyone who does this needs zyklon. problem solved

[Electrk²]

I'm glad the term exists; it helps us weed out the mentally ill easier

[Khaz]

i believe the main purpose of the term is instead of just saying blacks, mexicans, middle eastern, and asian all in one sentence, "POC" is used for convenience, especially on twitter or if someone is just too lazy to name all the ethnic groups. to me that isn't necessarily a bad thing imo.

[otto-san]

structural white supremacy

why do we love giving political concepts scary names like that. it's like the stark opposite to a glittering generality, it's so objectively emotionally unappealing that anyone who doesn't understand the term conceptually just thinks you're crazy for suggesting something so scary-sounding exists

[Juncoph]

i believe the main purpose of the term is instead of just saying blacks, mexicans, middle eastern, and asian all in one sentence, "POC" is used for convenience, especially on twitter or if someone is just too lazy to name all the ethnic groups. to me that isn't necessarily a bad thing imo.

"minorities" is already a word

[Khaz]

"minorities" is already a word

well yeah that can be an alternative word for it i guess.

however minorities in some cases is a broader term though and can refer to a lot more than just race

[Juncoph]

well yeah that can be an alternative word for it i guess.

however minorities is a broader term though and can refer to a lot more than just race

"racial minorities"