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Sympthsical

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35. I do not think this is an argument anyone on our side should be starting

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 07:56 PM

Nov 2021

Especially given the rise in anti-Asian attacks over the past two years.

This opens some doors best left very closed and has the potential to create divisions where they are not at all necessary.

My partner is Asian-American. He's pretty brown. His brother was also very brown. His sisters are very, very light. Do we say some siblings from the same parents are PoC, but others are not? Or are we just excising Asians here?

If we start going on about skin color in this way, then we go down a quarrelsome road. Would any very light-skinned Black person really be PoC then?

I find this line of complaint and inquiry troubling.

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How is Michelle Wu a person of color? [View all] malaise Nov 2021 OP

I thought Asian-Americans were considered "people of color." spooky3 Nov 2021 #1

Asians, Islanders and indigenous are POC as well AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #2

Can you cite the definition you are using? Effete Snob Nov 2021 #3

I was curious about that too Skittles Nov 2021 #4

How is anyone a person of color, given we're all varied shades of brown? . . . Journeyman Nov 2021 #5

As per wiki lapucelle Nov 2021 #6

TY! Cha Nov 2021 #33

I know Asian Americans have long been considered non-white. Here's what Wikipedia says... hlthe2b Nov 2021 #7

Because Asians aren't caucasian budkin Nov 2021 #8

Some Hispanic/Latino people are Caucasian madville Nov 2021 #28

According to Wikipedia, totodeinhere Nov 2021 #38

My understanding of a "person of color" is anyone who is not considered white or Caucasian In It to Win It Nov 2021 #9

How is she not? Geechie Nov 2021 #10

Goes to show how dumb labels get. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #11

Agree nt Chille Nov 2021 #13

Dumb labels for sure malaise Nov 2021 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Nov 2021 #20

It's a way Chille Nov 2021 #12

As an Asian, I grew up being taught that my skin color is yellow. Claustrum Nov 2021 #14

Is your skin color yellow? No - it is not malaise Nov 2021 #21

and mine AIN't white, elleng Nov 2021 #37

It's really messed up malaise Nov 2021 #40

Calling a person of Asian decent "yellow" is a slur, is it not? n/t totodeinhere Nov 2021 #39

Depends on how you apply "divide and conquer"... TygrBright Nov 2021 #15

Like you I find this a little weird. DURHAM D Nov 2021 #16

You nailed it malaise Nov 2021 #24

Oh ... ok dweller Nov 2021 #17

'Not white,' I guess. elleng Nov 2021 #18

She's Asian-American n/t malaise Nov 2021 #26

Yes. elleng Nov 2021 #27

It's all Effed up malaise Nov 2021 #29

Sure is. elleng Nov 2021 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Nov 2021 #30

How is she not? Devil Child Nov 2021 #22

TThere is absolutely no one in Asia who would use malaise Nov 2021 #32

My daughter calls herself a person of color all the time Generic Brad Nov 2021 #48

Michelle Wu was elected to office in Boston Devil Child Nov 2021 #60

But she isn't IN Asia. She is an Asian who is in the US and a Citizen of the US . JI7 Nov 2021 #64

Definitions: muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #23

That's pretty good malaise Nov 2021 #25

This is a good example BGBD Nov 2021 #31

I do not think this is an argument anyone on our side should be starting Sympthsical Nov 2021 #35

This is not about differences among non-whites malaise Nov 2021 #42

People go with what they're told. Sympthsical Nov 2021 #44

Maybe I'll never understand color descriptions of fellow human beings malaise Nov 2021 #50

Ok, but do you still want use of PoC or not? Sympthsical Nov 2021 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Nov 2021 #56

I don't use it but that's cultural malaise Nov 2021 #57

I don't think it was made up by white people JanMichael Nov 2021 #45

As a replacement for the yellow, black, brown etc - right? malaise Nov 2021 #53

As a replacement for the yellow, black, brown etc - right? malaise Nov 2021 #54

I agree with that. Decoy of Fenris Nov 2021 #47

I agree with you malaise Nov 2021 #59

Eh, "POC" is kind of common use to mean "Nonwhite". Decoy of Fenris Nov 2021 #61

She's not anglo/caucasian/white bluecollar2 Nov 2021 #36

I was listening to Dean Obeidallah phylny Nov 2021 #41

Indeed malaise Nov 2021 #43

And the Germans in world war II thought Slavs were basically animals. JanMichael Nov 2021 #49

Profound point malaise Nov 2021 #51

This is a psyop to create division among different PoC groups underthematrix Nov 2021 #46

The question is a few steps back. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #55

Ding ding we have a winner n/t malaise Nov 2021 #58

And a losing strategy. I think people are getting sick of the labels attached to everyone. SMC22307 Nov 2021 #63

A dictionary definition Locutusofborg Nov 2021 #62