Title: What Does BIPOC Mean?
Headings: What Does the Acronym BIPOC Mean?
What Does the Acronym BIPOC Mean?
What Does BIPOC Mean?
What Does Each Letter Mean?
Indigenous
People of Color
How Does BIPOC Relate to POC?
Why It Matters
Uses
Which Term to Use
When Not to Use It
Impact
Effects of Mislabeling
What to Do If You Get It Wrong
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Content: Why It Matters
Uses
Impact
Effects of Mislabeling
Resources
What Does BIPOC Mean? As people work to educate themselves about racism and racial justice, there are new terms and acronyms that some people may not be familiar with. BIPOC is one acronym that has become more prevalent due to the 2020 George Floyd protests against police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. The acronym BIPOC stands for "Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color" and is pronounced "buy-pock" as opposed to saying each letter individually. The BIPOC acronym originated from the term "people of color," which itself emerged as a “person-first” way to take back the phrase "colored people" from its racist history. The BIPOC acronym builds on that, while also acknowledging that not all people of color have the same experiences or deal with the same types of injustice. What Does Each Letter Mean? Black refers to people who often have African or Caribbean ancestry. In history, the classification of people based on their skin-color has existed for centuries. However, in reality, people who are racially classified as Black can have a number of ranging skin tones.