"it's reverse racism, BLM are the REAL racists" That's not the statement being made. OP is saying that 'reverse racism is similar to racism'. It's not unreas

"it's reverse racism, BLM are the REAL racists" That's not the statement being made. OP is saying that 'reverse racism is similar to racism'. It's not unreasonable at all. Casual bigotry is the populist form of racism, and it's now accepted on 'one side', even publicly. While affirmative action may help in some ways, it also allows people with institutional power to let lose their bigotry and justify it, with the full blessing of the powers that be. For example, I believe the author of this SA article is a blatantly hateful, bigoted racist, clear as day judging by this article, and her comments and Tweets. Some people don't seem to have any self awareness about this, it's disturbing, or rather, they take a more perverse view: that bigotry can only come from a position of power, that they will define at will, therefore hateful, bigoted rhetoric towards someone who ostensibly comes from a supposed 'position of power' just 'doesn't count', which is ridiculous.