The Myth of Reverse Racism
Robert Peffers
both questions is no. To get to this conclusion, it is essential to
know what racism is. So, what is racism?
Racism is the institution of power and control. Racism is not just the
sum total of all the individual
acts in which white people discriminate, harass, stereotype, or
otherwise mistreat people of color.
The accumlated effects of centuries of white racism have given it an
institutional nature that is more entrenched than racial prejudice. In
fact, it is barely touched by changes in individual white
consciousness.
The understanding of power and control by institution is most
important to explaining why reverse racism is a myth. An institution
is an organization founded and united for a specific purpose. An
institution can be businesses that sell car. However, one car dealer
don't consitute an institution. It need to be multiple car dealer.
Together, car deal is an organization and their purpose is selling
car.
How is power and control involve in this process of racism?. Each
insitution, like the businesses of car dealer, have the power to set
the price of what they are selling. Also, the insitution is primarly
control by white people. Lastly, the institution must disadvantage the
people of color, whether it be intentional or unintentional.
Disadvantage can be a multitude of things. It occurs when
institutions, including corporations, governments and universities,
discriminate either deliberately or indirectly, against certain groups
of people to limit their rights. Race-based discrimination in housing,
education, employment and health are forms of institutional racism.
First, remember that I am not talking about discrimination.
Discriminate and racism is not the same thing. Anyone can discriminate
but don’t mean that they are racist. There is a difference. There are
those that are non-racist, reform racist, reluctant racist and overt
racism.
Non-racist are people who are not prejudice and do not discriminate.
Reform racist are people who are prejudice but do not discriminate.
Reluctant racist are people who discriminate but is not prejudice.
Overt racist are people who are prejudice and also discriminate. Note:
Reform racist and reluctant racist don't mean that they are actually
racist people.
This topic apply to all people of culture, female, GLBT, people with
disability, and indigenous people. Instituttional racism is not just a
black and white problem.
A study published by Branscombe et al. found that thinking about the
benefits gained from a privileged group membership can threaten social
identity and evoke justification of the existing status difference
between the ingroup and a disadvantaged group. White Canadians may
defend racial privilege by concurring with modern racist attitudes.
The study found that increased racism in response to thoughts of white
privilege was limited to those who highly identified with their racial
category. In contrast, when white racial identification was
sufficiently low, thoughts of white privilege reliably reduced modern
racism. Statements about racial inequality may be framed as either
White privileges or Black disadvantages. When framed as White
privileges, a 2005 study found that the statements resulted in greater
collective guilt and lower racism compared to a Black disadvantage
framing. The findings suggest that representing inequality in terms of
outgroup disadvantage allows privileged group members to avoid the
negative implications of inequality.
In the essay, White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack, Peggy
McIntosh sought to enumerate the social, political and cultural
advantages accorded to whites in American society. McIntosh says there
are parallels between white privilege, male privilege and heterosexual
privilege.
As a white male holds both a university degree and a professional job
with status; I speak with the
assumption that people not only will listen, but will take me
seriously. I speak with the assumption that my motives will not be
challenged; I can rely on the perception of me as a neutral authority,
someone whose observations can be trusted.
Every time I open my mouth, I draw on, and in some ways reinforce, my
privilege, which is in large part tied to race. Right now, I want to
use that privilege to acknowledge the many non-white people who took
the time to tell me about the enduring realities of racism in Canada.
And, I want to talk to the white people who I think misread my
postings and misunderstand what's at stake.
While it is certainly true that white people are sometimes the victims
of racism or racism occurs between different people of color, these
incidents fail in comparison to the number of people of colour who
are
victimized by institutionalized white racism; it's not hard to see
where the real problem lays. While it is important to oppose racism
against white people, there is most certainly nothing inherently wrong
or racist
in pointing out the facts of institutional and societal white racism
and white privilege. It is also important to expose and oppose
unearned white male privilege which continues to victimize women,
visible minorities, aboriginals, and people with disabilities.
Racism against white people and racism between different people of
color should always be condemned
and denounced. Furthermore, racism between different white ethnic
groups such as anti-Francophone
bigotry and anti-Anglophone bigotry should always be condemned and
opposed. As a White Anglo Saxon Protestant male myself, I am very much
aware of the level of anti-Francophone bigotry which exists in
Anglophone Canada and particularly amongst fellow White Anglo Saxon
Protestant males.
However, I am still proud of my ethnicity, culture, and heritage and I
make no apologizes for it.
socialist that fear the truth but want to give up all their rights
"SS Officer Robert Peffers" <auldbobp...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>Is there reverse racism?. Is there anti-white racism?. The answer to
>both questions is no.
You were playing your song this morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zKt9vp-IZg
snowman
> Is there reverse racism?. Is there anti-white racism?.
No to the first question, yes to the second. You are the perfect
example of a racist, bigoted individual. You base your judgments on the
color of one's skin, ergo you are a racist. Actually, you are a racist
prick. Now kindly fuck off.
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"It's the customer's privilege to burst their own f*cking yolk."
-Gordon Ramsey
Loaf of Bread
> Is there reverse racism?. Is there anti-white racism?. The answer to
> both questions is no. To get to this conclusion, it is essential to
> know what racism is. So, what is racism?
WRONG my roving socialist fruitcake. The answer to your second
question, as pointed out by snowman, is YES.
Your own bigoted postings are proof of your error.
The problem is, you are too blind to see this.
Proof of the label Fleming gives you, "Stupid Fuck".
Now FOAD.
Dave
"Robert Peffers" <auldbobp...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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both questions is no.
Of course there is anti-white racism. You claimed just a couple of days ago
in one of your fluffy postings that you have travelled the world, been to
Europe and Africa. Clearly you have not been to Africa in the past 15 or 20
years sparky, or you would clearly know that anti-White racism is rampant
there.
In fact it is so rampant throughout South Africa, Zimbabwe and other African
countries that even a percentage of the Blacks and Coloureds there recognise
it for what it is.
Then there are, of course, your own delusional rants from time to time - ok,
2 or 3 times a day - that illustrate how wrong you are regarding this
subject.
It is one thing being Liberal. It is another being blind, or not wanting to
see beyond your blinders.
Tony
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snowman
Excellent reply Dave, very well said.