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December 28, 2011

"Reverse Racism? Many white people claim to have experienced mistreatment, prejudice, or racism from people of colour. This claim may be used to justify stereotyping and mistreatment of people of colour. But racism is institutional, the power is always on the side of the institutions, which in Canada favour white people. Anyone from any group can have personal attitudes of prejudice towards others and may be subject to action or litigation based on discriminatory activities. But racism is not only about prejudice - it is about power. And in Canadian society, only white people have the power to enforce systematic, institutionalized racism. We are born into a society in which racial power imbalances are already established. Reverse racism does not exist in today’s society."

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(Halifax District School Board, Anti-Racism Policy, 1996) on Reverse Racism (via racismfreeontario)

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THIS IN WORDS I NEVER COULD QUITE ARTICULATE.

hint: if you have to put “reverse” in front of something that typically means it is not the same.

(via sexxxisbeautiful)

Right? And note how “reverse racism” pundits have little to say when “regular racism” occurs all around them—i.e., toward people of color—i.e., the “right” way. C’mon, my fellow white people, if you have to preface it with “reverse” to differentiate it from standard-issue racism, you ipso facto acknowledge standard-issue racism—the kind against people of color—exists. Now work on that—and work on your own and other white folk’s crap—before you continue wasting yet more brain bandwidth defending “reverse racism”. Jeesh.

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