[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Not really, there's a whole movement that suggests this, it's not unheard of.


'Mr Jasper, an equal rights campaigner and activist, said that while black Britons may hold prejudiced views, they should not be described as racist.'

'Mr Jasper, who is now the chairman of the campaign group Black Activists Rising Against Cuts, took to Twitter yesterday to complain about the number of black youths being jailed.
Using the hashtag “sackboris2012”, Mr Jasper asked: “Which mayor has seen the number of black youth going to jail in London increase by 100 per cent during his term?”
His comment prompted a bitter war of words on Twitter between him and Ahzaz Chowdhury, a former adviser to the Conservatives in Tower Hamlets, east London. Mr Jasper went on to say: “Institutional racism in the criminal justice means black citizens face discrimination.”

He accused Mr Chowdhury of being “an apologist for the racism of the Tory party”.
He said: “It’s you and the Tory party whose policies have seen levels of resurgent racism not seen since the war. Black people can’t be racist”.
Mr Chowdhury asked: “So you yourself could never be a racist?”
Mr Jasper answered: “Why is it African activists like me seem to attract public political criticism from Asian men? Don’t see Africans attacking Asian activists? You’re confused about the political reality and power dynamics of racism.'

“No black person in the UK can be racist. Racism is prejudice plus power. Black people can be prejudiced but not racist.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...tone-aide.html

I'm in two minds about this, I don't think he's wrong about the whole prejudice+power thing but I don't think it's a blanket statement either. What if a black person against another minority and vice versa? I wouldn't consider that prejudice but racism.

I think it's quite ridiculous when white people complain about being victims of racism, we have never really experienced it on a level that our race has inflicted on others and white privilege will ensure that we never will.