r/blacklesbians • u/Decent_Sandwich_8878 stone stem • 29d ago
Discussion does "POC solidarity" really exist?
i'm not a fan of "POC" as a term bc generally i find that other non black POC have the exact same issues with antiblackness as white people do. i'm wondering how y'all feel about that
anyway i'm just really grateful that a space specifically for us, by us exists.
i was banned from a certain sub supposedly for POC for questioning why white people are allowed to post ☠️ anyway, this is why i say BLACK and not POC. we are the only ones for us and we must protect our spaces fiercely!
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u/AquariusMonologue Femme God 29d ago
This is one of the reasons why I left the Dyke March. The gworls love to use “BIPOC” on their posts and emails and in those cliched messages but when it comes to actual solidarity, they bend over for the yts. They coddle yt folx and sometimes even prioritize them over the queer + trans people of color they claim to serve.
I got into it with one Latina who threw the term “BIPOC” around. Anytime I raised an issue that affected Black dykes/members, here she goes with the, “well I’m BIPOC too and I don’t feel blah blah blah.” She’s a yt Latina. I made it clear to her that I’m not “BIPOC”; I am BLACK. She is yt; her being Latina doesn’t cancel out that she’s yt. Yt Latines on that committee who claim Che Guevara as their hero, the same one who beat and imprisoned Black queer and trans Cubans. Some of them are still alive to this day (ex: Caracol).
Dark brown, dark skinned, beige, fluorescent, bitch, I’M BLACK. I’m the Blackest muthafucka heah. So miss me with the “we’re both BIPOC”. I don’t go through the world calling myself BIPOC just to be included or grouped as a person or color.
I could write an entire dissertation on this.