And both face heavy discrimination and racism outside of the tech bubble of Silicon Valley, both historically and in the present day. To exclude Asians from the definition of POC is to disempower us because you consider one POC “more important” than another.

Indeed, we see this mentality in programs like affirmative action in which the suffering of Asian children is seen as an acceptable sacrifice for uplifting other minorities.

> Black people treated differently

different cultural groups also behave differently and make different choices based on familial affinities & social incentives

Asians are pretty much banished from the minority club in an "I am storming off angrily with words failing me." fashion.

Ridiculously, people are starting to use this term in the UK too, even though white people are the indigenous ones here.