IIP007 How I Feel About the Term "POC"

#007 - Kay shares her honest thoughts about the term "POC" or "people of color" as a Filipina American expat living in Spain, and offers a nuanced take on the idea of labels in diversity and inclusion.

She talks about how she often shied away from wading into discussions about diversity and inclusion as recently as a year before she started the Inclusion in Progress podcast, and why she often felt like she couldn't lend her voice to conversations about D&I.

Finally, Kay offers her honest reflections on umbrella terms like POC or BAME and the "simplicity" they provide. But she also asks us to consider that when it comes to conversations around diversity and inclusion in our workplaces, we can't erase specificity for the sake of ease of the conversations we need to build a more inclusive world.

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