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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a POC but you’d never know by looking at him. He’s pretty white looking but he is half Hispanic. [/quote]

Well then he isn’t a POC, is he? It’s not a euphemism for having a rich cultural background. It literally refers to the color of one’s skins and racism that may be experienced because of it. [/quote]

Wait - Since when does POC only refer to people that actually look non-white? My DC’s buddy is half black, but has golden blond straight hair. Siblings are more obviously mixed race. However, they all identify strongly as black. Are you saying kid isn’t POC? What??[/quote]

NP. I take the term literally. A POC literally has to have skin that is darker than the norm and be obviously not Caucasian. As a pp said, the term POC is not its own ethnic group. [/quote]

It’s a term that also refers to culture, not just literal skin color.  I’m South Asian and have several relatives who are 100% South Asian (Indian) and have skin as light as many white people. Conversely, my skin is quite a bit darker than some of my Black colleagues.  You must have a very homogenous circle not to know that skin color can vary quite a bit even among people of the same race/ethnicity.[/quote]

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