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gizmo on May 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Racial Fault Lines in Silicon Valley

POC is (at least for now) the correct (unoffensive) term. Of course don't use POC if individuals object to it, but it's nowadays the default descriptor and the safest choice.

douche on May 26, 2016 [–]

It's profoundly silly that the same words are ok if used in a passive formation, but offensive in the active formation.

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