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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who isn't white.[/quote]

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Middle easterner here. I have white skin and green eyes. Would it be appropriate for me to identity as a POC?[/quote]

NP. I’d have to see you in person to tell. Everyone has a different definition of POC. However, I do not consider it a euphemism for being from elsewhere. It’s not a euphemism for having a non-white culture. It literally means in its most basic sense a person who does not have white skin. If you are from elsewhere (Brazil, Middle
East etc), you are not a POC unless you have brown/tan skin. It doesnh refer to language. It doesn’t refer to culture.

MANY men and women will feel like POC because it captures their culture, language and identity, but if you have white skin and benefit from “blending” in then you’re really not a POC. You don’t experience the exclusion that comes with darker skin. I know many people will disagree with me, it’s an ambiguous terms so it’s not surprising there are different takes. [/quote]

I agree with you about blending in, but I really don't think "it doesn't refer to language, it doesn't refer to culture" is an idea that just reinforces a binary idea of race rather than looking at the complexity of lived experience in a multicultural nation. Shorter version, a lot of people from the Middle East and Latin America don't fit so neatly into one box or the other. [/quote]

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