Reverse Racism Analysis

“A black guy tells his doctor each time he has sex with a white girl his eyes hurt. His doctor replies ‘Yes, you are probably allergic to pepper spray.’” Is that a racist joke? What about “Why shouldn’t white people go swimming? Because crackers are soggy when wet.” Is this a racist joke? They’re both making fun of a race group, but completely different. The joke comparing white people to wet crackers has no impact on anyone, but the joke comparing black men to rapists perpetuates stereotypes and is very detrimental to black men. Reverse racism is considered being racist or racism to the dominant racial group. Though, that definition doesn’t work because of how racism works. So, it really it is not a thing. Reverse racism does not exist because of how racism works, white privilege, and there is not true example of it.
Everyone seems to know the meaning of the word racism but not sure of how it works. Racism is a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial …show more content…
She discovered that men are incapable of noticing their male privilege, through that she realized that whites are in the same way incapable of noticing their skin privilege. This peaked her interest in white privilege, which led her to write White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. She included a list in her book of truths she uncovered as privileges that most people of color cannot identify with but whites can. A few from of the list are “If I wish, I can or make arrangements to be in the company of my race at most times; When I am told about our national heritage or our ‘civilization’, I am shown people of my color made it what it was; I can swear, dress in second-hand clothes, or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad poverty, bad morals, or illiteracy of my race”