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The term "person of color" (pl.: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC)[1] is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered "white". In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is primarily associated with, the United States; however, since the 2010s, it has been adopted elsewhere in the Anglosphere (often as person of colour), including relatively limited usage in the United Kingdom,[2] Canada,[3] Australia,[4] Ireland,[5] South Africa,[6] and Singapore.[7]
In the United States, the term is involved in the various definitions of non-whiteness, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, multiracial Americans, and some Latino Americans, though members of these communities may prefer to view themselves through their cultural identities rather than color-related terminology. The term, as used in the United States, emphasizes common experiences of systemic racism, which some communities have faced.[8][9] The term may also be used with other collective categories of people such as "communities of color", "men of color" (MOC), "women of color" (WOC),[10] or "librarians of color".[11] The acronym "BIPOC" refers to "black, indigenous, and other people of color" and aims to emphasize the historic oppression of black and indigenous people. The term "colored" was originally equivalent in use to the term "person of color" in American English, but usage of the appellation "colored" in the Southern United States gradually came to be restricted to "Negroes",[12] and is now considered a racial pejorative.[13] Elsewhere in the world, and in other dialects of English, the term may have entirely different connotations, however; for example, in South Africa, "Coloureds" refers to multiple multiracial ethnic groups and is sometimes applied to other groups in Southern Africa, such as the Basters of Namibia.
- ^ Jackson, Yo (2006). Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. p. 77. ISBN 9781412909488.
For example, the person of color (POC) racial identity model describes racial identity development for people of color...
- ^ Askari, Javahir (October 10, 2019). "The Political Correctness of 'People of Colour'". Political Animal Magazine.
this year Amber Rudd had to apologise for calling fellow MP Diana Abbott a 'coloured woman' and admitted the term was 'outdated and offensive'... The politically correct term at present is 'People of Colour' (abbreviated to PoC).
- ^ Adam, Mohammed (June 11, 2020). "Adam: Why the term 'people of colour' is offensive to so many". Ottawa Citizen.
it is inevitable that Canadians will absorb and be influenced by aspects of American culture – good and bad. But one that, regrettably, Canadian media are adopting with increasing regularity is the American term "people of colour" to describe all those who are not white.
- ^ Pearson, Luke (December 1, 2017). "Who identifies as a person of colour in Australia?". ABC Radio National.
POC, which stands for person of colour, is a term I have heard used more and more in Australia over the past few years, especially online.
- ^ Freyne, Patrick (June 18, 2020). "People of colour in Ireland need allies 'not bystanders'". The Irish Times.
Dr Ebun Joseph held an online conversation with people of colour living in Ireland.
- ^ Pillay, Verashni (February 23, 2015). "Six things white people have that black people don't". Mail & Guardian.
Guess what else most people of colour in this country have to pay for once they get their first job?
- ^ Thanapal, Sangeetha (March 4, 2015). "Chinese Privilege, Gender and Intersectionality in Singapore: A Conversation between Adeline Koh and Sangeetha Thanapal". b2o: an online journal.
As a person of colour living in a supposedly decolonized Singapore, I would say that what makes our struggles markedly different from minorities in the West is that we have to deal with Whiteness on top of Chinese supremacy.
- ^ Franklin, Anderson J.; Boyd-Franklin, Nancy; Kelly, Shalonda (2006). "Racism and Invisibility". Journal of Emotional Abuse. 6 (2–3): 9–30. doi:10.1300/J135v06n02_02. ISSN 1092-6798. S2CID 142971567.
- ^ Alvin N. Alvarez; Helen A. Neville (March 1, 2016). The Cost of Racism for People of Color: Contextualizing Experiences of Discrimination. Amer Psychological Assn. ISBN 978-1-4338-2095-3.
- ^ Houghton Mifflin Company (2005). The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style (PDF). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 356.
- ^ Landgraf, Greg (January 2, 2018). "Blazing Trails". American Libraries. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Trigger, Bruce G. (1978). Northeast. Smithsonian Institution. p. 290. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Butterly, Amelia (January 27, 2015). "Warning: Why using the term 'coloured' is offensive". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved September 25, 2019.