My Uber driver and I hated on the term POC. He's Cuban/Mexican-his wife is white. He said the term pits him and their daughter vs his wife.
We agreed that it's no different from 'colored people' and that it's a divisive, disgusting term.
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He said 'everyone thinks I'm Black'. And this label is even worse cuz it lumps in everyone w a tan as one group. And what of mixed ppl?
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It's ironic that it was coined by ppl supposedly concerned about racism, but it's actually about as racist as a term can get.
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Honestly. How is "people of color" any different from "colored people"? ***IT'S THE SAME WORDS*** Humans are such bizarre creatures.
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The 'color' factor is used by politicians & media to keep us split because to them securing voting base whether R or D it's always greed
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Don't mind "coloured person". Think PoC sounds silly. Something from a storybook. "Find the People of Colour, so they can fix our rainbow!"
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Not that I particularly think of myself in racial terms, as a coloured person. But I don't find the term offensive or anything.
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But it's so woke to use it
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Perhaps we should switch to "People of Varying Skin Tones". Then it would be us versus albinos.
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The terms black and white are as divisive as any. Black and white people don't exist. Pink and brown and many hues in between, yes, B&W, no.
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