The term POC serves no useful purpose that the term ‘non-white’ does not serve better and more honestly. If point is to exclude, then own the exclusionary motive. Drop the euphemism. It is unnecessary. There are good reasons sometimes in the US to qualify things as ‘non-white’.
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I was with you until “correlation is not causation”. My POV: We can’t think through and solve for economic inequity without recognizing racism’s role in its construction. We can’t address one social ill without addressing the constellation of structures that generate it.
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Sure. Using the term POC is just a lousy tactic towards that end.
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since you're on this, can I ask: what is your general impression of how i'm doing with what i'm doing on this front / these matters
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Singapore is a very different context than the US, so I can’t really tell. The fact that you guys structurally include bureaucratically defined race in your political system makes it far messier in some ways, far easier in other ways
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