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Reverse racism is a myth.
by warfangle 11y ago
Reverse racism is a myth.
- reitanqild 11y agoDon't know about reverse racism but I know very well that reverse sexism exist where I live so I'm tempted to say you are likely wrong.
- fweespeech 11y agoGiven they are publicly singling out white women, I'm not really sure that is true. You shouldn't be generalizing on race if you want me to believe that.
- mercurial 11y agoSo, as far as I'm aware, there is "racism-as-defined-in-some-academic-circles", where it's only racism when it's systematic and directed by a privileged ethnic group against an unprivileged ethnic group. Which is (IMHO) different from what non-academic people understand racism. Maybe that's what parent means?
- fweespeech 11y agoI suppose I think I'm just pissed that they target white women. xD
- im2w1l 11y agoYes, it's clear that some parts of academia has people with really suspicious agendas.
- reitanqild 11y ago> "when it's systematic and directed by a privileged ethnic group against an unprivileged ethnic group" Honest question: does it have to be directed by "a privileged ethnic group" or is it valid if it is by any general group or even a single, privileged person?
- mercurial 11y agoPresumably, the "privileged group" should have a perceived ethnic composition different from that of the "unprivileged group", otherwise discrimination can't be based on ethnicity. But I guess it doesn't mean that all members of that ethnic group need to share this outlook. That said, I'm no academic, but I remember reading something about this a few years ago, in the case of a woman in France accused of anti-white racism.
- bendykstra 11y agoDo you mean that it does not exist or that it cannot exist? I've heard this exact phrase before, "reverse racism is a myth," and it seems like an example of a thought-terminating cliché.