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> people of color ... BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color)

Wow, so "people of color" should be avoided and "BIPOC" used instead? Even though the "POC" in "BIPOC" is literally "people of color"?

That didn't last long. The Euphemism Treadmill ( http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2020/08/ableist-language-and-th... ) seems to be moving faster and faster.



The express purpose of the term BIPOC is to de‐emphasize Asians and other “less‐oppressed” people of color.

I won’t bother criticizing the term—such criticisms practically write themselves.




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