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Reverse Racism

  • It's annoying

    Let it be known right now, I am not a prejudiced man. I hold nothing against anyone who is different than me. The thing is, in US society we have to 'be nice' to people of minorities so much that they can just start complaining if we do something unintentional, and it turns into reverse racism. We have to give them too many priveleges. I'm not saying them having priveleges is bad, I'm saying that it's because of the fact that most whites are afraid to be friends, or do something that could be considered racist, because they don't want to get slammed on. Opinions?

    Voted for by ProdigalPoet.
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  • Are you serious?

    Reverse Racism...yeah, okay.

    "The thing is, in US society we have to 'be nice' to people of minorities so much that they can just start complaining if we do something unintentional, and it turns into reverse racism."

    No, what the problem is here, is the hang up on race to begin with. Why care who is what "race"? You do not have to be nice for anyone, and the paranoia of being percieved as racist comes from the fear that your racist ideals will be revealed.

    First of all, let me say this:

    Race, is a socially constructed concept that has been used by the society to systematically oppress minority "races". I don't care if a MARTIAN comes down here and wants to chill, thats fine, whatever. That Martian is a different RACE. In this world, there are different ETHNICITIES. Race is just a way to instill fear and a "this niggas out to get me" complex. Screw your complex.

    Secondly lets really examine how the system oppresses minorities. We will start with crime. Acoording the official UCR reports (reports about how many people are arrested, compiled by the FBI) African Americans are arrested more often than White people for the same sorts of crimes. However, according to official self-report surveys (The NCVS compiled by the census bereau) there is not statistically significant difference between the two "races". Now, we have a criminal justice system that is racist, more likely to send people of color away for the same offenses, in fact the ARREST process itself in inherently racist, and the discrimination does not stop until there very end to the justice process. Now, going to jail or prison is enough to screw you financially, especially depending on the way the situation was wrote down on paper. Try getting a good job with a record. Now, we have economic vulnerability, which leads to a deviant form of survival, this sort of survival is subsequently criminalized by the system, landing them in cyclical jail visits.

    It is also important to look at the laws themselves and where they came from. Those in power make laws to keep themselves in power. For the record, the MINORITY is not always a different ethnicity, a minority is a group of people who do not control the power. For example women are technically the MAJORITY since there are more women in this country than men, however they are still considered a minority because they do no control the power. So the majority is the rich white male. Now the rich white man (we'll shorten it to "The Man") likes to keep his comfortable position and therefore molds laws to fit his needs. Take Marijuana laws for example, marijuana laws were put into place because "it makes Mexican people go crazy and rape white women" Of course it does. Coke was outlawed because it made Black men rape white women, and Opium was to get rid of the chinese after they "Stole all amaerican mining and railroad jobs"

    Anyways, so the laws are made to keep The Man in power, and arrests are made accordingly, leading to economic vulnerability. Affirmitive action is meaningless. Its like breaking someones arm and giving them a bandaid.

    Reverse Racism, pah! I'm sorry your feelings were hurt because you feel a little uneasy around other "races".

    Voted for by StarbeatsKid.
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