Title: What Does BIPOC Mean? Let the Experts Explain.
Headings: What Does BIPOC Mean? Let the Experts Explain.
What Does BIPOC Mean? Let the Experts Explain.
What does BIPOC mean?
BIPOC centers Black and Indigenous people
Some say BIPOC misses the mark
The speaker’s intention matters.
Aim to center kindness

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The acronym BIPOC, which stands for “black, Indigenous, and people of color,” is one prime example. Though it’s now ubiquitous on social media, the earliest reference was a 2013 tweet. BIPOC intends to center the experiences of Black and Indigenous people, within the POC population, which encompasses all non-white people. While BIPOC is a relatively new term, POC has technically been around for centuries. The first known citation was in The Oxford English Dictionary in 1796, but it wasn’t until the late 1970s or early 1980s that the phrase really began to surface in conversation. Even then, as a 1988 New York Times article points out, many Americans were still unsure about its proper usage. The phrase “women of color” arose at the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston, explains Loretta Ross, the co-founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. “ It is a solidarity definition, a commitment to work in collaboration with other oppressed women of color who have been minoritized,” she says. BIPOC centers Black and Indigenous people
Those who use BIPOC have a similar aim.