I've been reading through the Circle suggestions and I see there's a lot of interest in a o/WoC circle. I wanted to bring up some thoughts and concerns I have about making one circle for everyone who can be considered WoC.

1. The vast majority of the world's population would be considered PoC. An "umbrella Circle" to discuss women's situation in very different cultural contexts just because those contexts are not "Western white" seems problematic. A better solution would be to have regional circles. Of course, this would mean there are mods available to run those Circles.

2. In the WoC and PoC spaces I've been present in, there often ends up being a sort of "ranking system", where some PoC are considered more privileged than others, and the "privileged" ones are reduced to allies in the space and are afraid to speak about their own experiences. This defeats the purpose of having a circle where the goal is for WoC to lift each other up and bond over their experiences. Nobody should feel that unless they're the right kind of white, they should be grateful they aren't treated worse. The privilege problem also leads to a clash between someone deemed "more PoC" but living in the West, and someone "less PoC" but lives in their "ethnical home". Who ranks higher?

Those spaces have generally been very "woke", and maybe it's not a big risk that it would happen on ovarit.

3. Immigrants are not all treated the same (which leads to the privilege problem per my previous point). Whether or not you're considered PoC depends on location. I fear that if a o/WoC circle was created, it would use an American definition. This would exclude those discriminated for their ethnicity if they don't fit the American standard of WoC.

4. PoC and WoC as terms make sense when defined relative to white. Women who live in regions where most people are of the same ethnicity as them can't really be considered WoC in that context. The experience of being a woman in her "ethnical home", and the experience of a woman being a minority in the West, are generally going to differ. If WoC is defined as being a minority, then o/MinorityWomen might be a better named circle.

In the end, it comes down to the needs of the userbase. Many have experiences both with their "home culture" and with being a minority. Maybe the things I bring up would not be issues at all. But I think it's a discussion worth having.