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		_iyig on Nov 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase A new term I've seen used is "black & indigenous people of color" (BIPOC), which conspicuously leaves out Asians and is fuzzy on Hispanics.

Traubenfuchs on Nov 28, 2020 | [–]

Asians are pretty much banished from the minority club in an "I am storming off angrily with words failing me." fashion.

joijoiwejrr on Nov 30, 2020 | [–]

Ridiculously, people are starting to use this term in the UK too, even though white people are the indigenous ones here.

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