BIPOC

B3I1P3O1C3
US/ˈbaɪ.pɑk/Australia/ˈbɑe.pɔk/

A form of BIPOC

Scrabble 11

Meanings

BIPOC1

nounBIPOC (plural BIPOC or BIPOCs)

plural BIPOCs · alternative BI&POC · alternative BIPoC

  1. abbreviationacronymneologismAcronym of black, indigenous, or (other) person of color (singular) or black, indigenous, and (other) people of color (plural).

    Keep yourself educated on the issues, follow BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and other marginalized groups' pages.

    2017, Libby Chamberlain, Pantsuit Nation, page 149
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    While BIPOC come disproportionately from immigrant, lower income social experiences, this cannot account for all people. […] The idea that all BIPOC know “what whiteness is about” presumes that all of us go through institutions in the same way and are aware in the same way.

    2015, Alyssa Teekah, This is What a Feminist Slut Looks Like, Demeter Press, →ISBN

    There’s also a roughly 29 percent brand deal pay gap between white and BIPOC influencers, and that number expands to 35 percent when you look at just white and Black creators.

    2022 December 15, Madeline Howard, “The Influencers Are Not Alright”, in Women's Health

BIPoC2

phrase
  1. Alternative letter-case form of BIPOC.

    BIPoC guests, likewise, can reimagine their chosen characters simply by Disneybounding as them (i.e. a Black Ariel).

    2022, Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”, in Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans)
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    In reality, the New Deal mainly targeted and benefited White families and White workers, largely excluding BIPoC workers.

    2022, Trudi Lebrón, The Antiracist Business Book: An Equity Centered Approach to Work, Wealth, and Leadership, Row House Publishing, →ISBN

    Carnella, Natasha, Beth, and Lynne challenged us to consider ways to highlight the contributions of BIPoC authors that would also make these chapters easily available to a wide audience, explicitly inclusive of BIPoC readers. A second request had to do with financial profits the book might garner, asking that we consider donating a portion of any profits toward projects advancing BIPoC and LGBTQ justice.

    2023, Rachel Kabasakalian-McKay, David Mark, “Introduction”, in Rachel Kabasakalian-McKay, David Mark, editors, Inhabiting Implication in Racial Oppression and in Relational Psychoanalysis (Relational Perspectives Book Series), Routledge, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Adaptation of POC. Appeared on social media circa 2013.

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APA

BIPOC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BIPOC

MLA

“BIPOC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BIPOC. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BIPOC,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BIPOC.

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