US Politics on Yik Yak | While we’re sharing hot takes related to this- I’ve always hated the BIPOC acronym. As a S. Asian my experiences are different than those of Black or Indigenous people and grouping it all together because they are “not white” experiences feels demeaning.

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While we’re sharing hot takes related to this- I’ve always hated the BIPOC acronym. As a S. Asian my experiences are different than those of Black or Indigenous people and grouping it all together because they are “not white” experiences feels demeaning.

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Anonymous 12w

i think bipoc only refers to black and indigenous people

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#3 12w

like if you’re south asian you wouldn’t be bipoc but if you’re african american you would

Anonymous

#3 12w

BIPOC is used alternatively to mean Black and Indigenous People of Color (what you’re mentioning here) and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (which encompasses all non-White people and is the way I usually see it used). I don’t like either though obviously I can’t take personal offense to the former use, either way I think grouping people together because they’ve been discriminated against when group identities are so much more than “we’ve been discriminated against” is counter-productive.

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OP 12w

yeah i think it would be better if we referred to people’s ethnicity or like geographical region instead of race. those are what come with culture and history. race is just something white men made up