Jul 30, 2026 · 39 min · 13 segments
Eating disorders don’t exist in a vacuum—and for BIPOC individuals, feeling seen in treatment can be a powerful part of recovery. Finding a provider you trust is so important on your recovery journey…
Mehak MerchantGuestLaura McLainHostSamantha DeCaroHostI'm so happy to have you here, and today we're going to really do a deep dive into eating disorders and the BIPOC population.
But before we start, I was hoping that you can help our listeners understand what exactly does BIPOC mean.
Um, this is a term, I think, that is misunderstood, and, um, there are a lot of pi- opinions out there also about this term.
Another way to think of it, and I think I really like this term, and this term is kind of growing a little bit more, is PGM or Person of the Global Majority, which pushes back on that idea of people of color being a minority 'cause we're kind of asking that question of from whose perspective.
... part of the world are we looking at this from? And I think person of global majority kinda represents that idea of people of color make up more than 80%, uh, the world's population.
I've been trying to, like, adopt PGM a little bit more, like the concepts underneath it a little bit more, but that's kind of the idea behind the group and who the group is for.
I think sometimes there are people who assume that the term just means non-white, and that's not accurate.
And I think when we say non-white too, we're kind of... we're already taking this position of from whose perspective.
... really enforcing that Eurocentric Western lens by even saying this group is for everyone who isn't white and not really saying this group is for people who identify as the global majority that have these diverse experiences and identities and that they aren't a minority, nor are they a monolith.
I'm so happy to have you here, and today we're going to really do a deep dive into eating disorders and the BIPOC population.
But before we start, I was hoping that you can help our listeners understand what exactly does BIPOC mean.
Um, this is a term, I think, that is misunderstood, and, um, there are a lot of pi- opinions out there also about this term.
Another way to think of it, and I think I really like this term, and this term is kind of growing a little bit more, is PGM or Person of the Global Majority, which pushes back on that idea of people of color being a minority 'cause we're kind of asking that question of from whose perspective.
... part of the world are we looking at this from? And I think person of global majority kinda represents that idea of people of color make up more than 80%, uh, the world's population.
I've been trying to, like, adopt PGM a little bit more, like the concepts underneath it a little bit more, but that's kind of the idea behind the group and who the group is for.
I think sometimes there are people who assume that the term just means non-white, and that's not accurate.
And I think when we say non-white too, we're kind of... we're already taking this position of from whose perspective.
... really enforcing that Eurocentric Western lens by even saying this group is for everyone who isn't white and not really saying this group is for people who identify as the global majority that have these diverse experiences and identities and that they aren't a minority, nor are they a monolith.
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