This stands for White Person Of Colour. A WPOC is someone who would rather pretend that they aren’t white than acknowledge how they have benefited from white privilege in a society that is built to keep people with white skin in power.
Often times, they have some other ethnicity in their heritage, even though you can’t tell by looking at them.
Often times, they have some other ethnicity in their heritage, even though you can’t tell by looking at them.
Person 1: It’s OK, I understand it’s difficult to see past your own white privilege.
WPOC (half Mexican/half white): Um, I'm not white. And I love/live with a Black Man so yeah... there's that too. #CheckYoSelf
WPOC (half Mexican/half white): Um, I'm not white. And I love/live with a Black Man so yeah... there's that too. #CheckYoSelf
by kjon157 June 13, 2020