Opposite racism?

[Panacea]

It was a generalization. Take it with a grain of salt.

Obviously it doesn't apply to everyone.

[Sn1perJohnE]

Pikamemnon thread.

Yeah.

there's no such thing as reverse racism

if a black person hates all white people, they're a racist
if an asian hates all arabs, they're a racist
if a native american hates all hispanics, they're a racist

Yes and no. Racism is based on oppression of minorities, which essentially eliminates the majority from being on the receiving end of racism.


Its a very stupid concept to me, since I have been on the receiving end of racism, and I am white, but when dealing with the issue itself, it can never be classified as racism because I am white.

On a side note, next week, my school is putting on an event called the Tunnel of Oppression, in which we deal with body image, heterosexualism, religious oppression, racism, and social oppression. In this event, I get to put the German blood in me to use as an actor playing a Nazi solider....Hella awkward.

[Afrobean]

It was a generalization. Take it with a grain of salt.

Obviously it doesn't apply to everyone.

Observation: some Black people are uneducated fools.

Generalization: Black people are uneducated fools.

Generalizations are an easy way to offend people. You should probably avoid them, especially when you're talking about a negative quality, and even moreso when the general topic is racial discrimination. Racism exists because of stereotypes and stereotypes exist because of generalizations.

And no, racism needn't be directed at a minority. Discrimination of any kind based on any race is racism. A lot of people don't find racism against Whites to be offensive, and others don't mind neutral or positive discrimination to be bad either (example: blackpeoplemeet.com or the steretype that Asians are smart). But it doesn't matter. Racial discrimination of any kind is still racism. Period.

[Fiel]

Racism is based on oppression of minorities, which essentially eliminates the majority from being on the receiving end of racism.

Nitpick. Racism is oppression of any group of people due to a characteristic (assumed or unfounded) of that group. It can happen to minorities (black people are loud), majorities (white people are closet racists), ethnic groups (jews are money grubbing), religions (catholics fondle children), etc..

[Panacea]

If you want to take offense to basic psychology then be my guest. I really don't care to argue about it.

[KhainiWest]

You just supported stereotypes against a few people yourself. What does that say about you?

:)

It's actually ironic because the only part you didn't bold implied my sarcasm.