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Since most racist are poor and powerless (racism being how they explain their failures) doesn't this explination give them a pass? Bingo the racism problem is solved, nobody can be racist except the rich and powerful, like Sharpton and Jackson.
... and Holder and Obama and ...
The argument of "people who don't have power can't be racist" used to hold about 10ml of water, back in the 60s or so but once racism was largely eradicated from the voting in this country (around the time Jackson called NY "Hymie Town" while running for President), the argument became ludicrous.
Black people can be as racist as they claim white people to be, but they can do so with impunity because the MSM and the army of lock-stepping PPLs refuse to hold their feet to the fire.
Racism is alive and well as an institution in the United States of America, as long as one hates the correct race (white people).
Michael
No...no...no, Michael. We've discussed this before.
Can women be sexist? No, they have no power.
Can black people or Brown people or yellow people or red people be racist? No...they have no power or money.
Who has the power? White men. Who has the money? White men. Therefore, who are the only ones who can be racist or sexist? That's right...White men.
Tsk...Tsk...tsk.
Creative Dominant:
Therefore, who are the only ones who can be racist or sexist? That's right...White men.
crazyml:
Here's the thing, very very few liberals actually make the claims you're implying they do. You're creating an imaginary, and absurd, opposing argument.
Me again: Really? Very few liberals believe that? You're the one with the imaginary argument.
Breaking: Reverse racism doesn’t exist. Here’s why.
1) Racism = privilege + power
In order to be racist, you need to possess two traits. The first is privilege: A structural, institutional, and social advantage. White people occupy positions of racial privilege, even when they are disadvantaged in other ways. White women, for example, consistently make more than black women, because they benefit from racial attitudes. Furthermore, you also have to have power: the ability, backed up by society, to be a strong social influencer, with greater leeway when it comes to what you do, where, and how.
For instance, white people benefit from privilege and power when they aren’t arrested for drug crimes at disproportionate rates, while black people experience racism when they’re arrested, and sentenced, for the same crimes. This reflects a racialized power imbalance in the justice system. It’s about the privilege and power of white offenders (less likely to be racially profiled, more likely to have strong legal representation, more likely to be able to talk police officers out of an arrest) and the lack of social status for black offenders.
People of color talking about white people don’t occupy positions of privilege or power. Therefore, they cannot be racist. Racism is structural, not personal.
http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/reverse-racism-doesnt-exist/
Why “reverse racism,” “reverse sexism” and “thin-shaming” are not f*cking real
Throughout American history, there have been national laws and systems, like slavery and Jim Crow, put in place specifically to systematically oppress black people.
These kinds of oppression still exist today in the form of systemic racism, which includes things like blacks having a significantly higher likelihood than whites of going to prison, the fact that unemployment rates for blacks is consistently twice as high as whites and that if you apply to a job with a “white” sounding name, you’re over 50 percent more likely to get a callback than if you applied with a “black” sounding name.
And there’s more. A hell of a lot more.
All of this systemic racism has continually pushed black people to a status that is “less than,” which is something that has never happened to white people.
There has never, ever, ever been a national set of laws or system put in place to systematically oppress white people or push them to a status that is “less than.”
Not once. Ever.
So “reverse racism” can truly never exist.
http://elitedaily.com/news/world/reverse-discrimination-not-real/1077620/
Reverse racism isn't real. No, really.
The "reverse racism" card is often pulled by white people when people of color call out racism and discrimination, or create spaces for themselves (think BET) that white people aren't a part of. The impulse behind the reverse racism argument seems to be a desire to prove that people of color don't have it that bad, they're not the only ones that are put at a disadvantage or targeted because of their race. It's like the Racism Olympics. And it's patently untrue.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55d60a91e4b07addcb45da97
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