NBPOC

Meanings

noun

abbreviationinitialismInitialism of nonblack person of color or nonblack people of color.
So I can't help but think this idea has bled over into society, where both white and nonblack people of color (NBPOC) have bought into it.
2020, Anika Gupta, How to Handle a Crowd: The Art of Creating Healthy and Dynamic Online Communities, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
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Along with celebrating the pliancy of NBPOC, euphemized by this manager as “loyalty” and a work ethic derived from a history of migrant labor—points related to the aforementioned colonizing discourse of hard labor as a source of character […]
2016, P. Khalil Saucier, Tryon P. Woods, Conceptual Aphasia in Black: Displacing Racial Formation, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 90
Aaron's use of Black vernacular was a constant source of humor and annoyance for Black and NBPOC staff, and even for the white native San Franciscans.
2019, Savannah Shange, Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco, Duke University Press, →ISBN
I have done a lot of reflection from my perspective as a NBPOC and come to a few major conclusions. […] so why is it important for us as NBPOCs to stand up for Black people? […]
2020, Klaudia Oey, "Stand Together", in Damsel (UWA Student Guild Women's Department magazine), page 16
abbreviationinitialismInitialism of non-binary person of color or non-binary people of color.

Compare NB, POC.

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