[Headie]

Youtube video

This video pretty much sums up exactly how I feel about 'reverse racism'

[Scarlett.]

There's no such thing as "Reverse Racism"

Racism isnt something that is exclusive to one ethnic group, it could happen to any race. That being said, racism against white people is quite rare, while unfortunately, racism against other cultures is more common.

[JoshBB]

Reverse racism is non-existent, and it's just sad that people want to be oppressed so badly.

[Marsh.]

Being offended/oppressed is the new geek chic trend. Everyone suddenly wants to jump on the bandwagon and be sidelined by society.... by making it mainstream.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Being offended/oppressed is the new geek chic trend. Everyone suddenly wants to jump on the bandwagon and be sidelined by society.... by making it mainstream.

I find it quite insulting when people pretend they're oppressed tbh

[Ninastar]

It exists 100% imo and until you've travelled to other places around the world, other than the place you live in, you can't have a say. If I had never lived in America, never travelled to places like Bradford/Keighley, I would totally agree and say it doesn't exist. But I also don't listen to everything I read on the internet/see on tumblr.

The actual definition, dictionary definition, is "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." It says absolutely nothing about certain races being excluded from this.

What confuses me is that most of the people claim that they want equality, but they treat people differently based on their race/gender etc. Surely racism and sexism counts for everyone? Not just certain individuals?

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Chaos

It exists 100% imo and until you've travelled to other places around the world, other than the place you live in, you can't have a say. If I had never lived in America, never travelled to places like Bradford/Keighley, I would totally agree and say it doesn't exist. But I also don't listen to everything I read on the internet/see on tumblr.

The actual definition, dictionary definition, is "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." It says absolutely nothing about certain races being excluded from this.

What confuses me is that most of the people claim that they want equality, but they treat people differently based on their race/gender etc. Surely racism and sexism counts for everyone? Not just certain individuals?

I 100% agree.
I would'nt add the word 'reverse' in there though.It is needless.It's just racism whoever is doing it or on the receiving end.

[Dollface]

"Reverse racism" doesn't exist because it doesn't make sense, but "Racism" does and racism can be towards anyone of any race.

[Samuel.]

Why call it "reverse racism"? It's just racism. There are lots of examples of racism occuring that neither involve black or white people. White people are minorities in many countries. Either way, by definition racism can happen to any ethnicity by any ethnicity.

[Daniel.]

I agree with dollface

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by Daniel_

I agree with dollface

[LukeB]

just call it racism.. reverse racism shouldn't be preached about or made a thing it does not exist.

[Firewire]

I've never seen any real cases of it.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Being offended/oppressed is the new geek chic trend. Everyone suddenly wants to jump on the bandwagon and be sidelined by society.... by making it mainstream.

What? Can't tell if you're joking lol. You don't think people have the right to be offended by things they find offensive?

I take great offence to that!

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Being offended/oppressed is the new geek chic trend. Everyone suddenly wants to jump on the bandwagon and be sidelined by society.... by making it mainstream.

tumblr springs to mind

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LiamBB

What? Can't tell if you're joking lol. You don't think people have the right to be offended by things they find offensive?

I take great offence to that!

I can't tell whether this is one big ironic post.

But I'll answer. No, people can be offended and should speak up when they do.

BUT nowadays it's all the rage to be offended about every little thing. Which is kind of insulting to the actual offensive things that matter.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Firewire

I've never seen any real cases of it.

I've never seen a male G-spot but I know it's there.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I can't tell whether this is one big ironic post.

But I'll answer. No, people can be offended and should speak up when they do.

BUT nowadays it's all the rage to be offended about every little thing. Which is kind of insulting to the actual offensive things that matter.

It was meant more as cheeky than ironic

BUT that begs the question, who then decides what is and what isn't offensive. Sure there's the obvious things we could list that of course are terrible, but with what you would consider the little things, everyone has different thresholds, and isn't that just part of being human? Sure there will always be people who complain about things and I'll think "get over it!" coz I don't get offended easily, or there'll be people who jump on bandwagons but I fear that if everyone took your attitude it would ostrasize a lot of people who are essentially just expressing how they feel and I don't like that. I think we need people who are going to push boundaries and offend, and we also need people who are prepared to push back at it and have their opinions heard, that's true freedom of speech for everyone, right?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LiamBB

It was meant more as cheeky than ironic

BUT that begs the question, who then decides what is and what isn't offensive. Sure there's the obvious things we could list that of course are terrible, but with what you would consider the little things, everyone has different thresholds, and isn't that just part of being human? Sure there will always be people who complain about things and I'll think "get over it!" coz I don't get offended easily, or there'll be people who jump on bandwagons but I fear that if everyone took your attitude it would ostrasize a lot of people who are essentially just expressing how they feel and I don't like that. I think we need people who are going to push boundaries and offend, and we also need people who are prepared to push back at it and have their opinions heard, that's true freedom of speech for everyone, right?

I haven't said they should listen to me.

Just voicing my opinion that it's more "fashionable" than ever before (especially for celebs on twitter) to start speaking out in the desperate attempt to become some sort of icon as though they're Ellen Degeneres fighting for gay rights when really they're just "speaking out" about anything and everything for the sake of the attention and finding offence where there isn't any.

It's like I was reading an article on DS the other day about Cheryl. She'd apparently said in an interview something about "obese people shouldn't be told they look great...." or something like that but the headline read something completely different like "Cheryl slams the overweight" or something when she specifically mentioned "obese". They were purposely trying to stir up offence where there didn't need to be any. To jump on the bandwagon and say, look what minority this person is attacking, aren't I great for pointing it out.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I can't tell whether this is one big ironic post.

But I'll answer. No, people can be offended and should speak up when they do.

BUT nowadays it's all the rage to be offended about every little thing. Which is kind of insulting to the actual offensive things that matter.

I agree with all of this tbh. But to say racism doesn't exist with X race is just ignorant and wrong IMO. Racism can happen to absolutely anyone.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I haven't said they should listen to me.

Just voicing my opinion that it's more "fashionable" than ever before (especially for celebs on twitter) to start speaking out in the desperate attempt to become some sort of icon as though they're Ellen Degeneres fighting for gay rights when really they're just "speaking out" about anything and everything for the sake of the attention and finding offence where there isn't any.

It's like I was reading an article on DS the other day about Cheryl. She'd apparently said in an interview something about "obese people shouldn't be told they look great...." or something like that but the headline read something completely different like "Cheryl slams the overweight" or something when she specifically mentioned "obese". They were purposely trying to stir up offence where there didn't need to be any. To jump on the bandwagon and say, look what minority this person is attacking, aren't I great for pointing it out.

Ok well yeah, that is kind of ridiculous, if somebody twists and changes what someone else has said for the purpose of offending, or if they're just trying to get attention for themselves. I wasn't trying to suggest that you think everyone should listen to you btw, I just meant generally that everyone should be entitled to not only having different opinions but accepting each others opinions as valid, even if they don't agree with it.

I actually think though that there is a very recent fashion of shaming people who get offended. There's kind of a Katie Hopkins culture of thinking that it's ok to say whatever you want, but not accepting that it's ok for people to argue against it. She's the obvious example and probably an extreme one but it's something I don't remember being as prevalent as it is today. What will happen is that they'll try and belittle the person by labeling them the "PC Brigade" or some other term which is basically an attempt to invalidate their opinion, whilst complaining that they themselves have no free speech because people are complaining. When actually everyone has free speech, but this means that anyone should be allowed to openly express that they are offended by anything that they find offensive, regardless of how little it seems to someone else.

[empire]

britain is under a PC over the top race law regime, that have not only caused reverse racism, but have made a fractured society, new labour enforced equality with a big touch of marxism, and it backfired badly, because they where trying to force change in a society, that would never be able to adapt too it, they thought by enforcing laws to make everyone a big one happy family would work, but it did not, the workers union banned words in the workplace, like, black tape,black mark, and this is something straight out of the soviet union, where saying the wrong words like,coke cola,star wars,hotdogs, would get you into big trouble, as a white british person, what really gets to me, is the word white privilege, in the child grooming in the north of england, if the word asian privilege, was used, the left wing would attack you with open arms, Im proud to be white, as I would be proud to be black, or asian, but what I don't like, is the hole race shame one group, but the other ones are perfect, the left wing have made it that way, because if you are white, you can't be proud of it, you have to be ashamed to be pale skinned, both poor blacks and poor white suffered because of greedy rich people, both suffered in different ways, for blacks it was slavery, with being flogged to death, for whites, it was working 18 hours a day in the work houses, with poor pay and going hungry, the left wing made reverse racism, because they don't want words, like black or asian privilege, to be brought to life, because it hits their fairytale about whites being piggy in the middle, as the evil race of the planet, I don't know why us brits did not wake up to this years ago,

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dollface

"Reverse racism" doesn't exist because it doesn't make sense, but "Racism" does and racism can be towards anyone of any race.

I agree with this.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Being offended/oppressed is the new geek chic trend. Everyone suddenly wants to jump on the bandwagon and be sidelined by society.... by making it mainstream.

You are most wise O returned one.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

Why call it "reverse racism"? It's just racism. There are lots of examples of racism occuring that neither involve black or white people. White people are minorities in many countries. Either way, by definition racism can happen to any ethnicity by any ethnicity.