Racism has been around since Europeans started taking Africans out of their homelands and forcing them to work on plantations as slaves. Since then it has grown into an incredibly large issue that seems to be everywhere. However, a new question about racism is appearing, and it has a new name. Reverse racism. Whites use this term when sharing stories about being oppressed or having negative comments made about their skin color. Many find this “new” racism pointless; others say it should just be called racism. The question centering this argument is: can Caucasians experience reverse racism? The white race has been the racial majority and the biggest oppressors for most of history. It seems highly unlikely that such a large, privileged
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White privilege has to do with getting away with certain actions or being accommodated to for being white. It does not mean that all white people grew up in mansions while surrounded by gold bars. The reverse discrimination claims made by Caucasians are basically rude comments or affirmative action doing what it is supposed to do. It is in no way oppression or racism. In a different article one man stated that “‘whites have never really felt terribly secure in their majority status,’ he says. ‘It’s often said that it is lonely at the top, but it’s also an anxious place to be, because you live in constant fear of falling’” (Blake 3). This man understands that whites have privileges, but then justifies their terrible actions by stating that they needed to do it to stay the majority. In the book The New Racism: Reverse Discrimination in America the author says “... it will be the black society that will acquire superior rights and benefits at his expense” (Lokos 388). This is another example of whites claiming that they are being oppressed because people of color are gaining power. Lokos went on for over a page about how Caucasians are losing their privileged status and people of color are going to oppress them now. People of color just want equality; they do not want to oppress the white race. The victimization of Caucasians needs to stop because whites are not the victims in this
White privilege has to do with getting away with certain actions or being accommodated to for being white. It does not mean that all white people grew up in mansions while surrounded by gold bars. The reverse discrimination claims made by Caucasians are basically rude comments or affirmative action doing what it is supposed to do. It is in no way oppression or racism. In a different article one man stated that “‘whites have never really felt terribly secure in their majority status,’ he says. ‘It’s often said that it is lonely at the top, but it’s also an anxious place to be, because you live in constant fear of falling’” (Blake 3). This man understands that whites have privileges, but then justifies their terrible actions by stating that they needed to do it to stay the majority. In the book The New Racism: Reverse Discrimination in America the author says “... it will be the black society that will acquire superior rights and benefits at his expense” (Lokos 388). This is another example of whites claiming that they are being oppressed because people of color are gaining power. Lokos went on for over a page about how Caucasians are losing their privileged status and people of color are going to oppress them now. People of color just want equality; they do not want to oppress the white race. The victimization of Caucasians needs to stop because whites are not the victims in this