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In reply to the discussion: Why Reverse Racism Isn't Real [View all]Kurska
(5,739 posts)129. You never answered my post up thread. n/t
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I have no idea where you got the idea there had to be a "system" of racism for it to be racism.
Kurska
Jul 2014
#5
I don't think your article is a more credible source for the definition of words than the dictionary
Kurska
Jul 2014
#7
yuck it up. I'm not sure what's so ROFL hilarious about asking people to listen and learn
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#9
Empathy for what? Claiming that certain actions aren't racist, because of skin color of the doer?
Kurska
Jul 2014
#13
I don't think your article is a more credible source for the definition of words than the dictionary
AlbertCat
Jul 2014
#28
The author made clear in context that racism was being defined in this piece as institutional
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2014
#90
The author made clear in context that racism was being defined in this piece as institutional
AlbertCat
Jul 2014
#136
They don't agree with it, because that isn't how the word is used by vast majority of people.
Kurska
Jul 2014
#69
I love how you ignored the entire middle part of my post. Which was the substance of my argument.
Kurska
Jul 2014
#86
"the vast majority of people do not agree with the definition of racism you're advocating. "
alp227
Jul 2014
#105
So what is the word, then, for systemic, institutional and pervasive oppression and discrimination
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#11
Yes I do have a valid point. Here's the thing, if any individual expresses animus
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#16
Yep, racist whites in South Africa are just as reprehensible as racist whites in the USA,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2014
#37
Black control in South Africa if you can call it that, has existed for a hot minute if that?
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2014
#57
I love this post man, and I commented on it upthread, I am behind the times today....
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#193
Just as you stated in your OP, everytime one tries to have a conversation about racism
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2014
#41
So how exactly are we white people disadvantaged or oppressed in American society?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#137
I just don't like seeing people use "Racism goes both ways!" as an excuse for false equivalencies.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#163
What "current bad behavior" would that be? Other than individuals being assholes?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#165
I don't see specific examples of that, but I will agree that rudeness and unkindness shouldn't be
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#195
Racism is the privileging of one racial group over another. But people of any race can play into it.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#138
The problem is people use false equivalencies to obscure who is actually impacted by racism.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#149
"the idea that it's really okay for anyone outside the dominant cultural group to BE hateful and
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#152
"...pretending individual racial animus magically exists only in the dominant group."
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#158
and please know I'm right there beside you every time I see it happening here
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#14
I'm wondering along with you the relevance and value of what the author is trying to do here.
stevenleser
Jul 2014
#162
Maybe that is not what they are trying to say, but it has that connotation. It's dismissive.
stevenleser
Jul 2014
#175
Such a term would be found by LGBT people of color, women in particular I'd guess
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#192
As I typically defer to the LGBT community on matters of sexuality ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2014
#194
I can recognize when someone is looking for a fight rather than an honest discussion.
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#43
And then it just turns into a snark-fest to see who can get the nastiest dig in.
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#125
But if the fundamental underlying assumption of the article can't be questioned
mythology
Jul 2014
#144
I have never stated, nor did the article, that "only white people are capable of bigotry"
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#29
"dismissing the systematic and institutional factors of oppressed groups" no one is doing this
Kurska
Jul 2014
#63
Again, why is your definition more valid than the definition found in every single dictionary? n/t
Kurska
Jul 2014
#52
I agree that there is no such thing as "reverse racism", and never use the term myself.
Nye Bevan
Jul 2014
#2
Except white people (at least in the U.S.) have never been systematically oppressed or discriminated
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#139
"...a backlash projection invented by whites who don't want to look inward..."
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#140
I think the larger point isn't the semantics of the word, but the general idea that
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#23
Simply using the term 'reverse racism' is an acknowledgement by the user that
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2014
#24
Thank you PeaceNikki for trying to educate people today in a concise, thorough and rationally
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2014
#26
Tim Wise wrote a great piece about it that he republished during the Trayvon Martin murder
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#36
I believe racism has enjoyed a resurgence in this country due to the demonization of
Dustlawyer
Jul 2014
#68
You are being pedantic. There is great benefit in pointing out institutional racism is
KittyWampus
Jul 2014
#87
And I dislike the way so many are so stuck on the term/word that that ignore the larger
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#96
It truly is. I expected some deflection/diversion, but not as much as I see.
PeaceNikki
Jul 2014
#178
There is no "reverse racism" because the reverse of racism isn't someone else being a bigot too.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#153
"I think asians are harder working and smarter than whites" is edgy, cheeky and fun.
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2014
#159