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N=141 (dropping option 4). Among people to whom the term ‘Person of Color’ (POC) applies, 50% dislike it, 10% like it, and 40% are indifferent. For the record, I dislike it and don’t use it.
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Poll: Your thoughts on the phrase ‘Person of Color’ (POC):
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Note: I’d guess based on my audience that the “POC” respondents above are very dominated by middle-class Asians, with few blacks and hispanics.
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Anecdote of one here. I'm half Black, took your poll, and definitely don't like the phrase POC. Hmmm, maybe my own bias but I never associated it with Asians or Hispanics. Then again I've only heard POC utilized when describing Black people🤔
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Yeah in many contexts that tends to be the case, but anywhere there's significant numbers of other non-whites involved, it keeps coming up. Hispanics are almost always 'in'. Asians (especially darker-skinned ones from poorer parts of Asia like S/SE and middle east) are a toss up.