00:06
This next definition comes from
the urban online dictionary,
and it's called whitesplaining
And I'm going to read
that one to you as well directly.
00:15
It's when a white person
tells a person of color
how to respond to rather
or view a topic?
Usually when discussing
race, relations, or inequality.
00:25
Unfortunately,
I've seen that happen as well.
00:27
I didn't know it had a name.
00:28
So, it pleased me to know
this wasn't something
that was just in my head.
00:33
But that is one of those things that
conversations need to happen about
because no matter what race
you or gender you are,
when someone tries to explain
your experience to you,
or gaslight you, or make you think
what you experienced
is something different
than what you feel like it is
it is offensive,
and that does create
some more conflict.
00:54
So the conversations
have to happen.
00:57
The key in all of this is
transparency and honesty.
01:01
Another new, I guess,
I'll call it an acronym is BIPOC,
Black, Indigenous,
and People of Color.
01:11
That's another thing that
has become semi-controversial
because the experiences
of each one of those
groups of people are different.
01:19
So, lumping all this together
has created some
controversy, right?
So, sometimes,
it's acceptable to use it
but depending on the context,
if something is specific
to black people,
we need to call it black.
01:33
If it's specific
to indigenous people,
we need to talk about it
from the indigenous
people's perspective.
01:40
And people of color.
What are we talking about?
That lumps in everybody else
from ethnicities of color -
Asian, Mediterranean.
01:48
No, we need to talk
about it specifically,
and the impact or
whatever the issue is
or the situation specific
to each group of people,
rather than lumping
people together.