I think I’ll just call it decrimination, because it can happen to anyone regardless of who they are… these extra words just makes matters unnecessarily confusing

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    6 months ago

    The thing that’s dumbest about it is that reverse racism would be hating your own race rather than another. Like, racism is hate/prejudice/discrimination against a different race than your own. It’s right there in the concept itself.

    The fact that it was white racists that came up with the term says a whole lot about how dumb most racists are.

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      6 months ago

      what you are describing is more frequently termed “internalized racism” and is pretty distinct from the reverse racism concept.

      i don’t think anything you write here is wrong per se, you are just a little off with the terminology :)

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        6 months ago

        What I’m saying is that if “reverse racism” was a thing in the first place*, rather than the idiotic dog whistle that it is, that that’s what it would be.

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      I don’t think it’s against “your own” it’s the belief that one is better than the other. That can mean you believe yours is worse than others too.