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It also somehow places black and indigenous people as not "people of color"(I assume they aren't counting white indigenous people like the Sami).
by oh_sigh 6y ago
It also somehow places black and indigenous people as not "people of color"(I assume they aren't counting white indigenous people like the Sami).
- wbronitsky 6y agoI'm trying to be as inclusive as I can be, and I have been told that BIPOC is an inclusive term. If there is a better term here, please let me know so I can use it. I was discussing American society in particular, so the Sami might not be relevant. Either way, it would be nice if we could look at my comment as doing what I can to not be offensive, instead of nitpicking an argument that is clearly trying. Instead of tearing it down, do you have another suggestion?
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- jt0 6y agoThis is an incorrect reading of the term. BIPOC is US-specific. You'd have to look at teachings from Sami activists to see the most useful framing for indigenous erasure in Scandinavia. Also, it does not place black and indigenous people as not POC, the aim is "undoing Native invisibility, anti-Blackness, dismantling white supremacy and advancing racial justice."[0]. It instead centers the two groups who have been the most marginalized in the US. [0] https://www.thebipocproject.org/ https://www.thebipocproject.org/
- oh_sigh 6y agoLimiting yourself to two seems too stringent when it is just a letter in an acronym. There has been huge anti Chinese and anti Japanese sentiment in the US. I may start thebijpoccproject.com to address the invisibility of Asians in the mind of US anti racism advocates.