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Post by Display Name on Jun 30, 2016 22:55:36 GMT -5
To the people saying that reverse racism doesn't exist, I'd be curious to know where you're from? I've lived in Southern California my whole life, a huge melting pot(I myself am Hispanic and Caucasian) and I can tell you it most certainly exists towards everybody.
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Post by Unaffiliated on Jun 30, 2016 23:26:24 GMT -5
Yes, but racism is specifically the institution. And it makes better semantic sense to differentiate the terms for better understanding and dialogue. And even then, some white people probably wouldn't shut up about "reverse racism," which has never existed and probably never will barring some sort of apocalyptic event where most of humanity is wiped out and society is forced to start anew. You're just splitting hairs to avoid calling racial discrimination 'racism.' Saying that 'reverse racism has never existed' makes about as much sense as saying that there has never been such a thing as racism. The vast majority of people who acknowledge that racism exists would agree that if an Asian guy treats you in an ostensibly different way than everyone else just because you're not Asian, that's an example of racism. I am in working in China right now, and I'm not ethnically Chinese. I encounter racism every day, but according to you, that's somehow not possible because I'm white. Your view is overly academic and west-centric. By the way, the ethnic makeup of western countries is dramatically shifting, but the immigrants tend to hold their 'in-group preferences' (racism). Whereas many westerners have been programmed to think that ideally we should be blind to race, sex, etc., others do no have this way of thinking and flat out reject it when they immigrate. Absolutely this. As an ethnic Chinese person, I am not comfortable with the idea that "my people", including me, are incapable of racism. If anything, I feel like its almost a display of a superiority complex when white people say "You're Chinese, so you can't be racist", and likewise an inferiority complex when a Chinese person says "I'm Chinese, I can't be racist". On the other hand, upon looking up the Wikipedia definition of "reverse racism"... I can understand the "no such thing as reverse racism" idea given a historical context from a Western point of view.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 23:45:34 GMT -5
Everything is sexist and racist.
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Post by Fade on Jun 30, 2016 23:54:19 GMT -5
To the people saying that reverse racism doesn't exist, I'd be curious to know where you're from? I've lived in Southern California my whole life, a huge melting pot(I myself am Hispanic and Caucasian) and I can tell you it most certainly exists towards everybody. Absolutely, this, The "ya cant be racist to a white person" mentality earlier staggered me. I'm Hispanic but appeaer caucasian and im definitely treated differently when one is made aware, even here in SoCal, so god knows how you get it lol
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Post by canal on Jul 1, 2016 19:13:08 GMT -5
To the people saying that reverse racism doesn't exist, I'd be curious to know where you're from? I've lived in Southern California my whole life, a huge melting pot(I myself am Hispanic and Caucasian) and I can tell you it most certainly exists towards everybody. The thought that minorities are incapable of racism by definition is a crock. It's a get out of jail free card to demonize all white people for the actions of some, which is exactly what other races don't want happening to them. Same goes for the feminists who do that with men. Fighting for your own rights doesn't have to go in that direction. Regardless of your religion or spirituality, The Golden Rule is the truest thing in this world. If you're not following that, you're in the wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 19:28:57 GMT -5
Everything is sexist and racist. I just tell myself this all the time. Now when a situation comes up and I wonder "Is it sexist/racist?" the answer is always "Yes." Of course, the next thing I ask myself is "So what?" and 9 times out of 10 it's not worth another thought.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 19:35:39 GMT -5
Around here (West Virginia), if you DIDN'T refer to someone of EITHER gender as honey, baby, darlin', sugar, or sweetheart it would probably be considered rude.
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