Talk:BIPOC

Earlier citations
If this initialism indeed dates from the early 2010s, can we find earlier examples of its use in print than 2017 and 2019? 173.88.246.138 14:10, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

"And" people of colour?
Our current US definition of is just "non-white", which would include blacks, and, in a US context, "indigenous" people, so the definition you gave seems to be equivalent to just saying "people of color". Could it actually just mean "black or indigeneous people of color", excluding everyone else? But then I don't understand why the "POC" gets tacked on at the end.__Gamren (talk) 23:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Yeah, if you work out what these social-justice people mean by any words at all then do let me know. Equinox ◑ 13:59, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I can attest to the accuracy of the current definition. This article by a Nambé Pueblo Indian woman might provide some helpful background as to what drove the formation of the acronym. Edit: I would also add that the New York Times article that is linked to in the entry also provides some notable background. &mdash;The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 21:28, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Dictionary.com now has two definitions to account for this seeming discrepancy. However, I can't actually find any CFI-compliant cites for the one that we lack. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 06:12, 15 March 2021 (UTC)


 * We could say "...and other people of color", like some cites do, to avoid redundancy. My understanding (like Dictionary.com's) is that the redundancy is for emphasis, though. I'm not aware of a "Black and Indigenous POC" sense; gets a few hits, but the only one which uses the acronym seems to have intended an "and" because the author [//en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Sandbox&oldid=62125625 includes Puerto Ricans]. - -sche (discuss) 08:07, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I think your edits look good. &mdash;The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 18:27, 16 March 2021 (UTC)