People Of Color

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
POC
Pronunciation
/ˈpipəl əv ˈkələr/
Category
Community
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. Black communities spoke up to defend the rights of all people of color.
  2. Her group launched a voter-registration campaign by mail last year targeting young people of color and unmarried women.
  3. Some people seem surprised when people of color appear frustrated or irritated when confronted with racism.
  4. AIDS is supposedly no longer a crisis, even as people of color are literally dying.
  5. Segregation was common during different times in the American history, and this made it extremely hard for people of color or immigrants to find a good job and live a normal life.

Other meanings of POC

Person of Color Misc
Proof Of Concept Gov
Point Of Care Medical
Plan Of Care Medical
Piece Of Cake Misc
Point Of Contact Gov
Prisoner Of Conscience Community
PTT (Push-To-talk) Over Cellular Computing
Post-Operative Care Medical
Proof of Coverage Gov