“Reverse Racism” in Modern American Society Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Since the beginning of man, there has always been one group of people who believed that they were better than others because of their race, the way they looked, or a variety of other factors that set them apart from the “inferior” group. In the United States, racism is supposed to be dead. It was supposed to die when the Civil Rights Movement fought and gained rights for minorities all across America, but instead it is thriving. Racism is manifesting new ways to separate our society into “them and us.” Police brutality, one of the many ways
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Racism is between one group to another, with no regards to whom the perpetrator is, nor whom the victim is in the situation. Likewise, I believe that it is possible to be racist to a majority to an extent, for one main reason. Minorities can face such severe forms of racism that they could easily be incarcerated for life, hospitalized, or worse, dead. The majority does not have to face these “severe” forms of racism simply because they are white. The worst forms of racism that the majority can face is name calling and so few of the population even experiences that. For example, Mary, an Iranian student, who lives in a predominantly white and wealthy community states that she is not properly educated on racism and the struggle of most minorities in the America. “I asked Mary if her class talked about their personal experiences with racism or about the everyday microaggressions experienced by people of color in our society. Did they discuss the persistent racial gap in schools? “Nope,” she said”(1). This proves that the majority is not being properly educated on the fundamental question of what is …show more content…
Nicki Lisa. “How to Use Sociology to Counter Claims of Reverse Racism.”ThoughtCo, 16 Aug. 2017, www.thoughtco.com/sociology-to-counter-claims-of-reverse-racism-3026067.
Fear, Amanda Ryan. “We Don't See Racism?” Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Tolerance, 10 Dec. 2013, www.tolerance.org/magazine/we-dont-see-racism.
Reynolds, Jason, and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys. Atheneum, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2017.
“Criminal Justice Fact Sheet.” NAACP, www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/.
Nellis, Ashley. “The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons.” The Sentencing Project, The Sentencing Project, 14 June 2016, www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons/.
“FACT CHECK: Do Police Kill More White People Than Black People?” Edited by Bethania Palma, Snopes.com, Snopes, 26 Sept. 2017,
Racism is between one group to another, with no regards to whom the perpetrator is, nor whom the victim is in the situation. Likewise, I believe that it is possible to be racist to a majority to an extent, for one main reason. Minorities can face such severe forms of racism that they could easily be incarcerated for life, hospitalized, or worse, dead. The majority does not have to face these “severe” forms of racism simply because they are white. The worst forms of racism that the majority can face is name calling and so few of the population even experiences that. For example, Mary, an Iranian student, who lives in a predominantly white and wealthy community states that she is not properly educated on racism and the struggle of most minorities in the America. “I asked Mary if her class talked about their personal experiences with racism or about the everyday microaggressions experienced by people of color in our society. Did they discuss the persistent racial gap in schools? “Nope,” she said”(1). This proves that the majority is not being properly educated on the fundamental question of what is …show more content…
Nicki Lisa. “How to Use Sociology to Counter Claims of Reverse Racism.”ThoughtCo, 16 Aug. 2017, www.thoughtco.com/sociology-to-counter-claims-of-reverse-racism-3026067.
Fear, Amanda Ryan. “We Don't See Racism?” Teaching Tolerance, Teaching Tolerance, 10 Dec. 2013, www.tolerance.org/magazine/we-dont-see-racism.
Reynolds, Jason, and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys. Atheneum, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2017.
“Criminal Justice Fact Sheet.” NAACP, www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/.
Nellis, Ashley. “The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons.” The Sentencing Project, The Sentencing Project, 14 June 2016, www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons/.
“FACT CHECK: Do Police Kill More White People Than Black People?” Edited by Bethania Palma, Snopes.com, Snopes, 26 Sept. 2017,