How do all my fellow Black & brown people in this bowl feel about using POC (people of color) vs BIPOC (Black and Indigenous people of color)?

I ask because in the spaces I've run in before, when you were referring to non-white, Black and brown people, POC worked. But now I'm (and other friends are) confused by the rise of BIPOC—it seems like a way to act like you're focusing and prioritizing Black and Indigenous people, when you're still just referring to everyone who isn't white.

Thoughts?

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Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I read somewhere that grammatically, BIPOC = Black, Indigenous, and (other) people of color. Which is why it’s an all encompassing term for all non-white folks but does specially prioritize B + I.

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I use BIPOC now because I do think it’s important to have the distinction but it does still refer to non-white people.

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I agree.

I’m a non-BIPOC POC. My understanding of why the term gets used is because Black and Indigenous people face a greater degree of discrimination.

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That's originally what I thought--it was shorthand for Black and Indigenous POC exclusively. But that's not how me or my friends are seeing it used? 🙃

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Sorry if this is kinda off topic but how do we feel about people using POC to refer to people that are white passing?

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If they experience POC issues (not all of them being racism) I think they count

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Are the terms interchangeable for you? Maybe I'm looking too far into this

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