I’m Embracing the Term ‘People of the Global Majority’

<p>These two aspects of my identity and upbringing play a critical role in feeding my anxiety around identifying as a person of color.</p> <p>For the first 18 years of my life, I didn&rsquo;t even know the term &lsquo;people of color&rsquo; existed. I primarily identified as Chinese, Burmese, and sometimes Asian. I only learned of the term and started adopting it in college when I became active in social justice movements on campus and learned about white supremacy and the racialization of non-white people in America. These days, as a social justice educator and facilitator, I have acclimated to the term simply because it is the currently accepted term for describing non-white people. But deep in my psyche, I have long had my issues with the term and a palpable discomfort with identifying as a person of color.</p> <p><a href="https://regenerative.medium.com/im-embracing-the-term-people-of-the-global-majority-abd1c1251241"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>