omfg how is "colored people" any different from "people of color"? You're still stating the fact that yeah they're people BUT they're colored.

…what??? Are you trying to claim that people of color is offensive? It’s not the same at all. “Colored” is a slur, you wang. -Mod U

chescaleigh:

“PEOPLE of color” focuses on personhood as opposed to skin color.

this is not limited to the term “POC”

“people-first language” is a standard in all psychological writing (and other academic fields too), bc it is most respectful. for instance if you read a study on autism they will refer to their experimental subjects as “children with autism” NOT “autistics” or “autistic children”. People-first language is standard because it emphasizes that these individuals are people first, their characteristics second.