Dec 5, 2019·1 reply
MulderThis trend has got to stop.
When Gina Rodriguez (Jane from Jane the Virgin; good show) said nigga on her little IG live trying to be cute, her "apology" consisted of her apologizing to "POC"
Viola Davis was speaking about the discrimination she faces for her natural hair, and said (paraphrasing) "women of color face discrimination for our hair", sis.......
There's a newish unspoken notion that if you use "POC" opposed to saying black it's more warmly received.
Lately, black entertainers and creatives have been using these terms to further this weird s***. Lena Waithe when speaking on negative things associated with the black community she will specifically use the word "Black". "Black people need to do xyz", etc,. But when talking about positive things "I'm making stories for...", she'll use "POC". She'll specify on Twitter that black people need to go support s*** and do s*** and spend our money on s*** but any other time it's "POC".
A more recent example is this Noname s***.
https://twitter.com/noname/status/1202304909393055744Why is she calling out "black outlets" for her "POC" book club?
LaKeith Stanfield calling out black media outlets when he's out here on national white peoples television licking his feet and giving racist Jimmy Kimmel flowers.... But black outlets are when he chooses to be specific. Donald Glover also does this s***.
These terms are not interchangeable. There's plenty of situations where the term is useful and accurate but it is weaponized against black people to bully us into corners and make us be quiet.
This is a solid post but I got one question.
Did this nigga literally lick feet?
Dec 5, 2019OUT OF ORDERWho cares, stop getting offended over trivial s*** like this lol
- Dec 5, 2019
Yeah POC is a pretty corny term.
but also who cares?
Dec 5, 2019·1 replyPOC is lowkey racist tbh, basically clumping every non white race into one
- Dec 5, 2019
this niobe guy is extremely offended at something nearly all the time
Dec 5, 2019·1 replyWhy y'all so pressed over this Gina Rodriguez s***, she was reciting lyrics
- Dec 5, 2019
“POC” makes me cringe 🥴
blase 🦋Dec 5, 2019realDonaldTrumpWhy y'all so pressed over this Gina Rodriguez s***, she was reciting lyrics
No, she did it on purpose for clout. She has a negative history with the black community and used that moment for attention. It would have been better had we ignored her attention seeking shenanigans however.
Dec 5, 2019I love the responses from non-black people in this thread talking over black folks and why we should accept the narrative of black antagonists but "POC" when it's time to pander. Literally proving OPs point
Dec 5, 2019stingrayBlack is not a monolith, same as brown. You can’t group Afro-caribbeans and continental africans with Afro-Americans under one label. Same goes for Latin Americans and South Asians, for example. These are all different, complex identities all embedded in non-American histories. The PoC label is just a term to signify these differences and complexities. You can’t simply capture these social realities with one label, though
since when does referring to someone based on skin colour have to be as deep as using terminology that singles out their culture or heritage? I’m white and that’s like someone saying “he’s of fairer skin with multi cultural heritage from both English and Scottish backgrounds” like no I’m white just like a white person from Sweden is white. We can refer to someone’s skin colour without it becoming a social complexity or wider than simply their skin tone. - Dec 5, 2019
Hmm im on the fence but igy OP. Its weird when people try to lump our struggles with other ethnicities but the experience is similar enough to where it kinda works
Dec 5, 2019King WP S***TING on anyone non-black >>>
Dec 5, 2019·edited·1 replyIdk why white ppl hate calling black ppl black lmfaooo. history got them niggas shambling for social correctness
Dec 5, 2019·1 replyI have come to truly despise the term POC honestly
- Dec 5, 2019voke· edited
Idk why white ppl hate calling black ppl black lmfaooo. history got them niggas shambling for social correctness
Swear some white ppl feel more comfortable saying “n---a” than “Black people”
- OPDec 5, 2019SegaDreamFlash
This is a solid post but I got one question.
Did this nigga literally lick feet?
Go to the 8 minute mark.
Dec 5, 2019I notice that too tbh. Seems like too much of a mouthful, I'll just stick to black like we have for decades.
- Dec 5, 2019
No one wants to cape solely for black people anymore.
Dec 5, 2019Just say black people
Dec 5, 2019
Lil ZayYou had me until the end, Noname and Lakeith weren’t the best options to do it and they could’ve expressed themselves better but black media outlets do be on some f*** s***
Black media do the same thing the white ones do. TMZ at the top of the list
- Dec 5, 2019aaaaaaaaa
POC is lowkey racist tbh, basically clumping every non white race into one
LMAO
Minorities literally coined it as a term to exclude white people instead of using “non-white”, which was seen as derogatory
Dec 5, 2019
diorits literally just poc tryna insert themselves in black oppression cuz they "experience racism"
sorry ling ling but white guys fetishizing you is hardly comparable
This is actual facts.
- Dec 5, 2019·1 replydior
Why is your lame ass always in these threads you reeking the place up with your disillusioned cracker nonsense as always
I just know you one of those school shooter type weirdos cuz you been on tip whenever anything minority centric is at topic
Sit in the corner with your dunce cap on you fermented piece of sidewalk dog s***
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- Dec 5, 2019Flosh
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- Dec 5, 2019
Not mad at this thread at all lmao
