Is BIPOC the new term to use? What happened to just POC?

[Anonymous]

I can say that woke white people came up with BIPOC.

No black person I know uses it unless they're under 30 and super Lefty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can say that woke white people came up with BIPOC.

No black person I know uses it unless they're under 30 and super Lefty

Well all of the woke white people in the MCPS equity office are encouraging teachers to use the term BIPOC. It's really hard to keep up with the terms. I'll gladly refer to someone by whatever term they identify with but I feel like this just came into use in the spring. Maybe I missed a memo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can say that woke white people came up with BIPOC.

No black person I know uses it unless they're under 30 and super Lefty

Yeah. I"m black and 31 and I just started seeing this. I really don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say that woke white people came up with BIPOC.

No black person I know uses it unless they're under 30 and super Lefty

Yeah. I"m black and 31 and I just started seeing this. I really don't care.

Please! Just give it some time, people!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can say that woke white people came up with BIPOC.

No black person I know uses it unless they're under 30 and super Lefty

LOL! I'm 43 and Black. I saw the term in the other thread and was like "what in the made up hell is BIPOC?" I had to re-read it because I thought it said Biopic.Again, what in thee made up hell??

[Anonymous]

Up until reading this, I thought the term was for both Black and Native American - that's how I interpreted the "indigenous" part. Oops!

[Anonymous]

I don't get it. I thought indigenous to the US meant Native American. In reality all humans are BIPOC (white included as a color). Early humans originated from Africa. It's like political correctness musical chairs. We're all humans. Stop paying attention to the color and let's move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The term is wrong. Black people are not “indigenous” to this country. Only Native Americans are. Have we resorted to making sh!t up now?

It's Black AND indiginous, two separate groups. Anyway, I think it's silly and seems mainly about excluding Asians from "POC" because some people think they aren't discriminated against.

[Anonymous]

Black, [and] Indigenous, [and other] People of Color. It's actually the most inclusive of all variations of POC, if you don't leave out the conjunctions. BIOPOC would be the better acronym than BIPOC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Black, [and] Indigenous, [and other] People of Color. It's actually the most inclusive of all variations of POC, if you don't leave out the conjunctions. BIOPOC would be the better acronym than BIPOC.

Up until now, that's how I had read it. But now I think it is about excluding Asians.

POC is actually the most inclusive term. The reason to change it seems obvious, in hindsight. It's too inclusive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Black, [and] Indigenous, [and other] People of Color. It's actually the most inclusive of all variations of POC, if you don't leave out the conjunctions. BIOPOC would be the better acronym than BIPOC.

Up until now, that's how I had read it. But now I think it is about excluding Asians.

POC is actually the most inclusive term. The reason to change it seems obvious, in hindsight. It's too inclusive.

This is nonsense. In my circle, the people who embrace the term the most are Southeast and South Asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Black, [and] Indigenous, [and other] People of Color. It's actually the most inclusive of all variations of POC, if you don't leave out the conjunctions. BIOPOC would be the better acronym than BIPOC.

Up until now, that's how I had read it. But now I think it is about excluding Asians.

POC is actually the most inclusive term. The reason to change it seems obvious, in hindsight. It's too inclusive.

This is nonsense. In my circle, the people who embrace the term the most are Southeast and South Asian.

Nope. I'm South Asian and I am a POC but I am not BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color). Even if you think it's as the poster above stated- Black and Indigenous and other people of color. It clearly others some of those that are already othered. Instead of all minorities being othered by the majority, it is now some minorities othered by other minorities.

It's clear the new term is to highlight certain races and eliminate others. It's divisive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Black, [and] Indigenous, [and other] People of Color. It's actually the most inclusive of all variations of POC, if you don't leave out the conjunctions. BIOPOC would be the better acronym than BIPOC.

Up until now, that's how I had read it. But now I think it is about excluding Asians.

POC is actually the most inclusive term. The reason to change it seems obvious, in hindsight. It's too inclusive.

This is nonsense. In my circle, the people who embrace the term the most are Southeast and South Asian.

Nope. I'm South Asian and I am a POC but I am not BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color). Even if you think it's as the poster above stated- Black and Indigenous and other people of color. It clearly others some of those that are already othered. Instead of all minorities being othered by the majority, it is now some minorities othered by other minorities.

It's clear the new term is to highlight certain races and eliminate others. It's divisive.

It is not divisive. It simply points out that South Asians / Asians benefit from the same (or greater) privilege than whites, and therefore should not be included under the POC umbrella.

[Anonymous]

NP-
Does BIPOC include recent African immigrants too?

[Anonymous]

Back in 2003 we used the term BB vs NBBs at work.

Black Blacks and Non Black Blacks

We wanted to hire African Americans - BB who had a struggle vs some rich dude from Bermuda who went to Harvard- NBB