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In reply to the discussion: Prejudice against whites is not the same as prejudice against blacks [View all]obamanut2012
(26,067 posts)It is different when it is aimed at someone who is in the majority/power group. It doesn't make it right, but it is different, because of the effect is has on society and how it reflects on our society.
Laws aren't being passed forbidding heterosexual marriage, or making vasectomies so difficult and stigmatized that men have to go to veterinarians to get snipped.
Why is Trayvon Martin, a young man well-liked and respected by his teachers and neighbors, labeled a gangbanging druggie thug out of the box? Would a young white man dressed the same way (ie like an average teen) killed for no reason by a black cop wannabe be labeled that way? Would his killer not be charged? Would be be John Doed?
Targeting the minority/the group not in power takes away even m,ore of that group's power., and reinforces the stereotype. Institutional racism, homophobia, sexism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia.
Props to Creekdog.