Recently i’ve been attacked by people who claim i’m apparently trying to lump poc together by apparently hinting all of us have the exact same and specific issues, and speaking for poc that i have no racial or cultural ties to aka my “don’t use people of color as free passes” post. But honestly, i’m aware that from minority group to another minorities all have specific issues that even minorities as a whole cannot all relate to. Asians don’t go through the exact social issues as blacks, native americans don’t go through the exact social issues as hispanics, etc. and vise versa. But a common, underlying phenomenon still exists and connects between all people of color: As people of color most of our ancestors have experienced imperialism, racial cleansing, war, genocide, colonization, etc. by western countries that have impacted our lives today, even when living in our native countries.
It’s true, I can’t speak for asians, native Americans, latinos, pretty much any racial group i classify as people of color and or minorities. But i can relate and understand other poc and or minorities a lot since we all gone through the same basic struggle that persists in today’s society: being treated as lesser than the majority.