Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To 'POC'?

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Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To 'POC'?

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Sep 30, 2020

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Suffice it to say, we use the term "POC" a lot on Code Switch. But critiques of the initialism — and the popularization of the term "BIPOC" — caused us to ask: Should we retire POC? Or is there use in it yet?

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Sep 30, 2020

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