BIPOC is an acronym that stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. In an effort to analyze the picture of diverse employees and leaders in relation to their white counterparts, we chose to use the BIPOC label as a way to capture the race and ethnic categories other than white. For the Assessment, minority includes all race/ethnicity categories defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Race and ethnic designations as used by the EEOC do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. Definitions of the race and ethnicity categories are as follows:
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EEOC Race and Ethnic Identification:
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Hispanic or Latino—A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
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White—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
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Black or African American—A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander—A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
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Asian—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Native American or Alaska Native—A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment.
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Two or More Races—All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races.