Poc

People Of Color. Primarily used in the United States to describe any person who is not considered "white", including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, multiracial Americans, and some Latino Americans ...more

The Hate U Give
Kindred
The Color Purple
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
The Vanishing Half
Homegoing
Between the World and Me
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
The Poet X
Beloved
Mexican Gothic
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Americanah
Such a Fun Age
Julissa  Arce
“ The legacy of unions that kept African Americans, Latinos, Chinese, and others out of factory work—redlining, exclusionary immigration policies, the looting of Mexicans' land during the Mexican-American War, deportations of Mexicans during economic downturns—all created a gap that we are still trying to close. In a country where Black Americans have been viewed as 'biologically inferior,' Mexicans as 'an ignorant "hybrid race,"' and Chinese immigrants as the 'ideal human mule,' there is far from ...more ”
― Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

R.Y.S. Perez
“ My family is like America; we are a blend of melanin and uncertain borders. ”
― R. YS Perez, I Hope You Fall in Love: Poetry Collection

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