Black Americans are a distinct people. By contrast, "people of color" has no positive meaning beyond "not white." It aggregates diverse ethnic/national/cultural groups who do not see themselves as one. It is serves only a political project of solidarity against a white "Other." https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1247551411241521157 …
The disparate histories of Mexico & Korea - the formation of nations & peoples, written language, the role of indigenous populations & colonialism, national churches, borders w/US & China, immigration to US - are tangible facts. Calling facts "racist" does not make them untrue.
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Wait I thought we were talking about Mexican-Americans and Korean-Americans under the non-black POC umbrella. Let's focus on that. Unless you are an expert on the history of both nations and want to enlighten us on how that means they have 0 similarities or common causes?
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Which nation was largely secluded from the rest of the world for most of the 17th to mid-19th century? Which had a state-established Catholic church? Which people are an admixture of Westerners & indigenous peoples? Which produced little immigration to the US before 1950?
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The ignorance on display here is just embarrassing. A history of colonialism is something that Mexicans and Koreans share in common. Not to mention the shared experiences of immigration, racism, and capitalism.
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