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Anonymous — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:30:28 +0000

My comment is based on observation that within communities of “People of Color”, the very same references abound. Black people refer to men and women who are white as “a white woman or a white man.” . The same is true by other ethnic groups when referring to others from within and without. “Latino and or Hispanic is thrown around. In my opinion this has to do with one’s recognition that while we are all humans, we do not think of one another as being “colorless”. We identify each other and their role in our world by their color.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:41:12 +0000

Although I’m glad to see Target is creating a diverse pool of employees, I have another issue to raise: the title of this article

Why does a great site like DiversityInc continue to use the term “women” to refer to only “White women?!”

Phrases like “men, women, and minorities”…..or…”the poor, the affluent, and minorities”….makes People of Color one big amalgamation….not distinct by gender, socio-economic class, etc., etc., etc.

This is what lies at the base of, for example, crime reporting: Whites defined as man or woman….while People of Color become Black man, Latino man, Asian female.

It also contributes to labels like “the Black Frank Sinatra” or the Latino Celine Dion.”
In each of the preceding examples, “White” is the standard or norm.

This is known as the “normalization of Whiteness.”

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