this may come across as pedantry but I don't mean it in that way, it's more of a question to the people who post here, the comm mods, etc.
possible pedantry
the comm's name is em_poc - instead of having poc only in the title, shouldn't it say em & poc only?
I say this as someone who's an ethnic monitory but has discomfort with using the term poc to describe myself - my skin is white, and I know that that doesn't mean I'm the social construction of "White" per se - but that does afford me certain privileges that comrades with darker skin don't have, like the ability to sometimes white pass
a lot of it boils down to this: should people like me who are racialised but have white skin use the term "poc"? I have had differening opinions on this.
I could really "get into this" if people here want to - but yes, the bottom line is that I don't use the term poc to describe myself, so I tend to not engage with this thread. any maybe that's the point! in which case that's also fine - just let me know.
this may come across as pedantry but I don't mean it in that way, it's more of a question to the people who post here, the comm mods, etc.
possible pedantry
the comm's name is em_poc - instead of having
poc onlyin the title, shouldn't it sayem & poc only?I say this as someone who's an ethnic monitory but has discomfort with using the term poc to describe myself - my skin is white, and I know that that doesn't mean I'm the social construction of "White" per se - but that does afford me certain privileges that comrades with darker skin don't have, like the ability to sometimes white pass
a lot of it boils down to this: should people like me who are racialised but have white skin use the term "poc"? I have had differening opinions on this.
I could really "get into this" if people here want to - but yes, the bottom line is that I don't use the term poc to describe myself, so I tend to not engage with this thread. any maybe that's the point! in which case that's also fine - just let me know.
fixed it! all racialized people are welcome.