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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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

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.

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

How so?[/quote]

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