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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat in the world is "reverse racism?"
I momentarily clicked on a Fox video with a woman called, Judge something. She talked really loud and crass. Silly me, I was curious to hear what she had to say about the Hamilton exchange, which was the caption. Wow, she was yelling and said it was "reverse racism."
Hmmmm.... I looked up a definition:
Racism: It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.
So for her to say "reverse" was a racist comment and perspective. IMO.
What say you?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But reverse racism sounds to me like a racist explaining that everyone is a racist, thus validating his/her own racism.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)"The reverse of racism is acceptance."
Brilliant! Too bad, the crass speaking woman was in no way ready for acceptance. Yes, we can add her to the basket-of-deplorables.
Here is your prize:
P.S. The other answers were really great too. I learned a lot. Thank you all!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)LonePirate
(13,386 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)lapucelle
(18,061 posts)This term was commonly used in the early days of affirmative action programs by aggrieved members of the dominant (or formerly dominant) group.
Here's the Wiki on the term
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_racism
Hekate
(90,207 posts)....and a person of any color other than white does get the job. Also, when your kid doesn't get into the vastly overcrowded public university, but they manage to make the student body less than 100% white anyway.
liberal N proud
(60,305 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)An oxymoron