Day 10 racial solidarity terms
We use different acronyms to reference our Racial Solidarity in resistance to white domination. This is also in resistance to flattening or creating an amalgam of specific and diverse identities. Always use specific community identifiers when speaking about specific community needs. In this 30 Day series we will use BIPOC.
BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
ALANA: African American, Latino/a American, Asian American & Native American.
ALAANA: African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American.
MENA: Middle East and North Africa.
Source: Calling Up Justice
Image Description: Black text on white background with National Disability Theater, Sound Theater, and Calling Up Justice logos.
FURTHER READING
The BIPOC Project
https://www.thebipocproject.org/
Why the term “BIPOC” is so complicated, explained by linguists
Why GIA uses the Acronym ALAANA
https://www.giarts.org/why-gia-uses-acronym-alaana
MENA Theater Makers Alliance amplifies the voices of Middle Eastern and North African theater makers and expands how stories from and about our communities are told on U.S. stages.