Meaning of folks in this sentence
Hello! Can you help me understand the meaning of "folks" in this sentence?

"It's not enough just to be a good person. Even if you personally have "never" actively engaged in a racist act, you, me, we have benefitted from a system built for us, and against black, brown, poc, folks."

My friend is translating it to Portuguese and we had some trouble because of the Portuguese word "povo", which is usully translated as "people", but depending on the context it can have kind of a cultural sense or refer to poor people in general.

Is that what "folks" mean in this sentence? Or does it have a racial specific meaning?

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Meaning of folks in this sentence
Hello! Can you help me understand the meaning of "folks" in this sentence?

"It's not enough just to be a good person. Even if you personally have "never" actively engaged in a racist act, you, me, we have benefitted from a system built for us, and against black, brown, poc, folks."

My friend is translating it to Portuguese and we had some trouble because of the Portuguese word "povo", which is usully translated as "people", but depending on the context it can have kind of a cultural sense or refer to poor people in general.

Is that what "folks" mean in this sentence? Or does it have a racial specific meaning?

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In the U.S., it's often used by a speaker or writer to give the impression that he/she is humble and part of these people, not an elite.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/folks?s=t

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I should also add that we have other phrases that use the word "folk."
For example,
Folk art
Folk music
Folktales
Folklore

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"Folks" here follows a final cmma. There is a strong possibility it is being used as an inclusive form of address to the speaker's audience   like "guys" in "Hey, guys.* Or a bit like Brutus's "Friends, Romans, countrymen", or like  "ladies and gentlemen". So far as I am aware, it carries no racial overtones. In any case, the writing of the list is poor. Either there should be an "and" before"poc", and then the comma before "folks" as an address, or there should be an "and" before "folks" if it is intended to be part of the list.

https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/comma.html