Freyja
Team Owner
I don't really think the term people of color should be used at all. It diminishes the role, influence, uniqueness and power of black people and their special status as the founders, builders and creators of America, Americana and American culture and justice.
Just because they are not black doesn't instantly make them white either. I don't use the term spicy white because calling those ethnic non-whites, non-black, people white fulfills their dream.
Calling Iranians white and other types of Asians and latinos who are all mixed ethnicity people, white is like calling biracial black/white spicy white (on average they are probably more genetically white and many are white passing too).
I've encountered similar views from whites who don't know any blacks, when I would say I'm the only black person here, they'd literally point to any dark skin Iranian or Indian and say they are black, but look they are darker than you!
I can't see the average white person looking at a group of people, many who are darker than blacks seriously thinking they are white. Several Iranians I went to school with were darker than blacks in the school. Only they think they are white, but from what I saw whites viewed them as not white and were hostile towards them.
I've seen people on LSA talk about how people from Arab countries (in West Asia/North Africa) are "spicy white" and I know "technically" the US census considers them that (to boost up the declining white population in USA), but a lot of white people I know and have seen don't consider those people to be "white". After all, "white" is generally a term applied to people of full/predominant European ancestry.
Now beyond that, I too don't like the term "POC" being some catch term for all non white people because many of them are racist AF to blacks, and would do anything for white acceptance.
EDIT: Why the skeptical @CarmenBella?
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