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Is there such a thing as anti-white racism?

Is there such a thing as anti-white racism?

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radcen said:
As an individual and distinct identity, correct, but the heritage and history is still there nonetheless.



I remember Sambo's. Used to go there a lot as a kid.
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yep, Sambo's was a good place to have breakfast. No one seemed to think about how it got its name. Remember this book?

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Interesting aside: The character in the restaurant ad appears Indian, while the book is about an African, but illustrates with an Asian tiger.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
LOL, neither one of those guys is racist against white people. Please.

BTW, remember that time you said it was okay to be suspicious of black people on college campuses because there's a good chance they don't deserve to be there?
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serious denial here. Those two asses are anti white racists. I am suspicious of blacks who got into the most elite schools with board scores far lower than thousands of rejected white applicants. I am not suspicious of blacks at state schools where the entrance requirements are far lower. I was not suspicious of All-American black athletes at Yale, preferences to athletes is not based on racial discrimination.

so your point is that we who oppose affirmative actin have a better a better understanding of black racism towards whites? I would agree
 
sangha said:
I disagree

Some are just mindless drones who repeat the slogans they hear on FoxNews
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more mindless nonsense. fox news has nothing to do with the fact that there are black racists.
 
Well, one can make an argument that racism is a broad system of the oppression of a race, in which case in the US at present there is no anti-white racism.

But in the smaller sense of individuals treating one another poorly because of their race, sure, there can be anti-white racism. But, IMO, the amount of fixation on anti-white racism we see in this country is totally out of proportion with the severity of the problem. In the US if a white person and a black or hispanic person apply for the same job with the same resume, the white person is 2.4 times more likely to get an interview. The balance overwhelmingly favors whites and disadvantages blacks and hispanics. So, focusing on anti-white racism is kind of silly. It's sort of like obsessing about fixing a leaky faucet on the Titanic while it's sinking. Sure, any leakage of water into the Titanic is a bad thing and we should ideally fight against all leaks, but when you have a giant gash in the side from an iceberg, that needs to be your focus.
 
yes. a person of any race can be a racist.
 
teamosil said:
Well, one can make an argument that racism is a broad system of the oppression of a race, in which case in the US at present there is no anti-white racism.

But in the smaller sense of individuals treating one another poorly because of their race, sure, there can be anti-white racism. But, IMO, the amount of fixation on anti-white racism we see in this country is totally out of proportion with the severity of the problem. In the US if a white person and a black or hispanic person apply for the same job with the same resume, the white person is 2.4 times more likely to get an interview. The balance overwhelmingly favors whites and disadvantages blacks and hispanics. So, focusing on anti-white racism is kind of silly. It's sort of like obsessing about fixing a leaky faucet on the Titanic while it's sinking. Sure, any leakage of water into the Titanic is a bad thing and we should ideally fight against all leaks, but when you have a giant gash in the side from an iceberg, that needs to be your focus.
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Lame attempt at apologism and justification.
 
If you discriminate against people that are white then you are racists. Black Panther organization is an example. Racism isn't only for minorities...it covers all races.
 
radcen said:
As an individual and distinct identity, correct, but the heritage and history is still there nonetheless.



I remember Sambo's. Used to go there a lot as a kid.
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It's there, but there is still a substantive difference in how the majority of Americans view their cultural identity vs. Mexicans.
 
StillBallin75 said:
It's there, but there is still a substantive difference in how the majority of Americans view their cultural identity vs. Mexicans.
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Of course there is. Mexico is a different country with a different language and culture.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Of course there is. Mexico is a different country with a different language and culture.
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With regard to Luna's question, what I meant specifically is that the vast majority of Americans and Canadians view their culture as descendant from European tradition. That identity is not as strong as with the vast majority of Mexicans, although it depends on what aspect of Mexican culture we're talking about (Catholic Church would be one exception).
 
megaprogman said:
Absolutely, I have experienced it more than once. Of course, I am man enough to keep my chin up and keep going, unlike many whiners on this forum ...
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How? I'm just asking. Did you have to use separate facilities? Denied a job? Denied housing or lodging? Denied service?
 
teamosil said:
Well, one can make an argument that racism is a broad system of the oppression of a race, in which case in the US at present there is no anti-white racism.
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This is the point I tried to make earlier. IS there a difference between prejudice against a race and racism?
 
teamosil said:
Well, one can make an argument that racism is a broad system of the oppression of a race, in which case in the US at present there is no anti-white racism.

But in the smaller sense of individuals treating one another poorly because of their race, sure, there can be anti-white racism. But, IMO, the amount of fixation on anti-white racism we see in this country is totally out of proportion with the severity of the problem.
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You wouldn't feel that way if you had gone to Hawaii's public schools as a Caucasian. In that state, there's massive racism against whites. There's both institutional racism and personal racism.
 
Luna Tick said:
You wouldn't feel that way if you had gone to Hawaii's public schools as a Caucasian. In that state, there's massive racism against whites. There's both institutional racism and personal racism.
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I went to a black school as a white, and while not a population favorite, I wasn't descriminated against at the school.
 
Boo Radley said:
I went to a black school as a white, and while not a population favorite, I wasn't descriminated against at the school.
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That's wonderful. I commend the people you went to school with. It wasn't like that in Hawaii. Not at all.
 
Luna Tick said:
That's wonderful. I commend the people you went to school with. It wasn't like that in Hawaii. Not at all.
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Did yours have a "kill haole" day?
 
Luna Tick said:
It did. But every day was a "hate haole day."
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What makes this sort of racism even worse is that so many of the grandstanding hypocrites who are quick to decry racism in one direction will deny it and try to delegitimize it when the other.
 
Gardener said:
What makes this sort of racism even worse is that so many of the grandstanding hypocrites who are quick to decry racism in one direction will deny it and try to delegitimize it when the other.
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Exactly. What's been so frustrating when I've told of racism in Hawaii, I often get reactions like, "Oh boo-hoo. It must have been so tough living in Hawaii," as if beautiful beaches and sunshine somehow make up for racism.

On the plus side, it did make me more sympathetic to others who've experienced racism.
 
Luna Tick said:
You wouldn't feel that way if you had gone to Hawaii's public schools as a Caucasian. In that state, there's massive racism against whites. There's both institutional racism and personal racism.
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Yeah, no doubt. Kids are mean to one another on just about every possible basis. But still, in society as a whole, the harm done by anti-white racism is a tiny fraction of the harm done by anti-black or anti-hispanic racism. They are different orders of magnitude.
 
Luna Tick said:
I've heard arguments that claim racism is inherently institutional and that it's only true racism if one group is in power and using that power to subjugate another race.
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In other words, it's only racism when you're winning. Yeah, I don't buy that either.
 
Viktyr Korimir said:
In other words, it's only racism when you're winning. Yeah, I don't buy that either.
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Agian, depends on definition of the word. Some define it exactly that way, that you have to have the power to inflict that prejudice onto someone. If we don't make distinctiosn, than more than a few words mean exactly the same thing when we only need one word. But but let me ask you this. Is it the same thing to be prejudice against someone but unable do do anythign about, and to be be prejudice and have not only the power to do something, but an entire society to back that prejudice? Are they the same thing. If they are, one word will do. If they are not, different words make sense.
 
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