cheshireinthemiddle:

colorsofsocialjustice:

rainbowloliofjustice:

cip0lla:

conservativedreamer:

touching-the-doors-of-perception:

It lumps thousands of cultures, races, heritage and history under one fucking label.

do you know how diverse black culture is? It can differ dramatically country to country, state to state, and even city to city. Hell in London alone, there are vast groups of people with African origin. Who identify with so many different cultures. To name two, Somali British and British Caribbean differ so much in their cultural practice. It’s just plain offensive to group them under the same label.

Don’t get me started on Latin American.. walk from Mexico to Argentina and tell me they don’t deserve individual recognition..

Aboriginal Australians?

Hell I’ll even get started on white culture..

Yeah it’s diluted in the states because your history is only hundreds of years old.

But fucking hell as a Celtic British person with vast heritage which expands into such a beautiful culture of tribalism and brotherhood. Stunning music, and historical Significance, I am deeply offended myself when I am grouped under this guise that there is no such thing as white culture..

I went to download festival in June. We met so many different people from different backgrounds. I was at one point. A Cornishman, Sat around a fire with a Scot, a Nord, And an Icelandic fellow. And the Icelandic fella sung us a traditional lullaby from his heritage. And it was moving.

So fuck off with your master labels and macro approach to ethnicity.

Pick up a book, go meet people, travel. Because sitting at home making judgements about other people’s cultures, is no less racist. Just because you call yourself a “POC”.

Your form of social justice does no justice to anyone.

The term POC assumes all races that aren’t Caucasian have some sort of bond because of being supposedly “discriminated” against. I cannot even explain how racist that is, as someone who would fall into the stupid category of “POC.” Here’s the truth, kids. Some Chinese people hate Japanese people. A lot of Indians hate practically everyone else (I say this as an Indian, btw). People hate people for arbitrary reasons (like race, caste, religion, etc…), but to assume that all Asians, Indians, Africans, and Latinos all get along because we are so “oppressed” is an asinine and frankly racist opinion to have. Bigotry exists all over the world, and there are no exceptions to that rule, despite what your liberal professors tell you.

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Fucking this

Speaking from own personal experience, even now I know black people who are racist against Asians, white people, other black people (either for not falling into the “mold” of what a black person is, or for being lighter skinned), latinos and Hispanics, and others.

Just because you are “oppressed” and / or a minority doesn’t mean you are exempt from being racist or a general jackass. This is why the “power + prejudice” definition of racism doesn’t work. you don’t have to have power to be racist, and in the States, there is no race that holds full government power nor are there laws saying someone of a certain race can only do xyz. 

Plus, a sure sign that you aren’t oppressed is when you can be a jackass to your “oppressors” and constantly complain about them on social media.

The term POC is not only very US centric, it is as equally racist as ‘colored person’ and nothing will change that until it stops being used. 

– Purple

It’s essentially interchangable with “colored person”. Separating white people with literally every other race for an Us vs Them mentality.