Title: BIPOC: What does it mean and where does it come from?
Headings: BIPOC: What does it mean and where does it come from?
BIPOC: What does it mean and where does it come from?
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The language used to describe racial minorities has fueled controversy in the United States for centuries. POC is widely used as an umbrella term for all people of color, but now a different acronym is suddenly gaining traction on the internet — BIPOC, which stands for Black, Indigenous, People of Color. © Getty Images/iStockphoto Stop racism and stronger together seamless pattern. BLM, Black lives matter, African Americans and white people against racism, protest banners and posters about Human Right of Black People in US
People are using the term to acknowledge that not all people of color face equal levels of injustice. They say BIPOC is significant in recognizing that Black and Indigenous people are severely impacted by systemic racial injustices. Load Error
According to Google Trends, the use of the acronym began to spike in May 2020, coinciding with the growing Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. trends.embed.renderExploreWidget ("TIMESERIES", {"comparisonItem": [ {" keyword":"bipoc","geo":"US","time":"2004-01-01 2020-06-30"}],"category":0,"property":""}, {" exploreQuery":"date=all&geo=US&q=bipoc","guestPath":"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/"}); Founders of " The BIPOC Project " use the term to "highlight the unique relationship to Whiteness that Indigenous and Black (African Americans) people have, which shapes the experiences of and relationship to white supremacy for all people of color within a U.S. context."