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
Resources
Books
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Content: What Does BIPOC Mean? Race and Identity
What Does the Acronym BIPOC Mean? By
Kendra Cherry
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Kendra Cherry, MS, is an author, educational consultant, and speaker focused on helping students learn about psychology. Learn about our editorial process
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Updated on September 17, 2020
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What Does BIPOC Mean? 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.