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BMaker11 on 13 December 2015
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Aeolus451 said:
BMaker11 said:
Aeolus451 said:

 


 Might as well be the boy who cried wolf. There's plenty of examples in everyday life in america of reverse racism and the hypocrypsy surrounding it. You would have to either be blind (intentionally or unintentionally) or not from US to know of it. 

Until white people are instutionally oppressed, given less opportunity due to their race, profiled more by police departments, etc etc (pretty much, a reduction in power as a class), then there is no "reverse racism". Prejudice happens, yes. But it's not "reverse racism". Firstly, because racism is racism. To give white people a "special" form of racism called "reverse racism" is just bolstering their already privileged status. If a black person is prejudiced against a Hispanic "oh, he's just racist against Mexicans". If he's prejudiced against Arabs "oh, he's just racist against Arabs". But if he's prejudiced against a white person, it's "reverse racism"? Giving white people their own classification for racism makes it seem like it's "worse" for them, which isn't true. 

Secondly, scale. OP mentions if a black person says something about whites, it just gets laughed at. But if a white person says something about blacks, it gets called racist. There is technically a double standard here, but think about historical context here. "But when they say it....." wouldn't be a thing if there wasn't 400 years of history of black people being 3rd class citizens (only recently being considered 2nd class citizens, and finally "equals" in the last few decades). A few black people saying something about white people, and what happens? Nothing. Black people across the country, though, get jobs less if their name is "black", for example, even if the credentials are there. Are these really "reverses" of each other? White people get made fun of, of have disparaging things said about them; black people's livelihoods are lessened by the mere fact that they're black. What's "reverse" about that. The scale of the "racism" isn't equal on both sides.

I know it just sounds like semantics, but it really isn't. Terminology matters, in this instance

How do you think words come into being? Do they just magically appear? People make them up and over time other people accepts it as a "word". 

It's very difficult to take a group of people seriiously about racism when they are hypocrites about it. It tells me that they don't actually care about being rid of racism but about getting special treatment in general. I've been burnt out of any sympathy on race issues for a very long time. 

 Don't give me that "priveleged" line of bullshit. It's a detracts from what actually matters. If someone wants a better quality of life, go to school and start a decent career, trade or open up a business. Do well for your self and your kids will benefit from it. It has nothing to do with race but with common sense.

People of all races have been racist to another race at some point so keeping a tally serves no purpose. Racism in all of it's forms is bad and the only way to be rid of it is if people move past the drama and just let it go. Stop caring about race at all. Seeing each person as a person. Skin color should only serve as a way to identify a person versus that being their identity completely.

You talk about getting rid of racism but then say "priveleged" is a line of bullshit

http://www.nber.org/papers/w9873.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/

There's more, as well. Don't call this bullshit. Don't say that it detracts. Fixing these things help fix the problem as a whole. You have to start somewhere.

Also, "reverse racism" did "magically appear". It was something Republicans made up in order to oppose things like Affirmative Action. Racism is racism. Discrimination is discrimination. To throw a "reverse" in it makes it seem like it's targeting only white people. This makes it seem worse than it is and, thus, is it a "worse" problem......because it's white people on the receiving end of some mistreatment. Somebody saying something disparaging about white people is no worse than saying something about Asians; is no worse than saying something about Arabs; is no worse than saying something about Indians, etc. "Screw the chinks" and "screw whitey" are the same. One isn't racist, but the other "reverse racist". It makes it seem like you can be racist against anyone, but when you're racist against white people, it's something different; something special. That does have to do with privilege