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> “People of color” is only modestly better. It’s also a new term adopted primarily by white people. The History section of the Wikipedia link above seems to d
by PhasmaFelis 4y ago
> “People of color” is only modestly better. It’s also a new term adopted primarily by white people.
The History section of the Wikipedia link above seems to disagree. It sounds like "people of color" was heavily promoted and endorsed by black groups during and after the civil rights movement.
- rayiner 4y agoMost non-whites in the US today are not black and have no connection to the black civil rights movement. Applying black civil rights terminology to all non-whites is definitely a white people thing. I suspect my experience with the term “person of color” is typical: the first time that label was used on me was by the overwhelmingly white administration at Northwestern University. I had never encountered the term before.
- oneoff786 4y agoIt varies wildly by geography what sub cultures prefer.
- lost_tourist 4y agoIt's mostly only the most progressive white people I've met that have all this "trouble" with descriptions like POC. Same people who like to push LatinX