𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪’𝘪, 𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘰, 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘮, 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢, 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 #𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
People of the Global Majority is a phrase used as early as 2003 as a way to challenge the normativity of a white majority or Eurocentric perspective. Terms like "ethnic minority" marginalize the skills, the ways of thinking, and the lived experiences of those from African, Asian, indigenous, or dual-heritage backgrounds.
85% of the global population are #PoGM and yet colonialist beliefs and white supremacy RULES the world because people still can't come together and fight the REAL enemy.
#GlobalMajority refers to Black, Indigenous, Brown, and Latinx peoples—particularly Indigenous and Afro-Latinos —Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, the Inuit communities/Alaska Natives, Native Americans, Arabs, Western Asians/Middle Easterners with dark skin, North Africans, Southeast Asians, South Asians, East Asians, Africans with dark skin, and biracial and multiracial people who are mixed with one or more of the above, and people and groups who can’t access white privilege.
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This isn’t a perfect definition. It’s important to keep in mind that there are both white and non-white folks who hold different ethnicities that are also targeted by white domination.
White supremacy culture is the widespread ideology baked into the beliefs, values, norms, and standards of #GlobalMajority groups (many if not most of them), communities, towns, states, and nations, teaching us both overtly and covertly that whiteness holds more value than any other group.
Words matter: Language reflects our history, perspective, and where we still have important antiracism work to do.
Terms like “people of color,” “Black, Indigenous, People of Color,” and “non-white” all still center whiteness. This is most clear in the term “non-white” which emphasizes that the people being referred to are not white, and that white people are the default in our language.
The #truth is white people are the MINORITY and they do everything to make sure you forget that fact.
@thewebrecluse
The use of the word "exotic" is similar, implying it's someone other than white people who are atypical.