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Re:Genders.wtf by Akronymus on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:43PM (#34341538)
It should not be called reverse racism either, but just racism
Re:Genders.wtf by jjeaff on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:27PM (#34342336)
Nah, reverse racism should be called "individual cases of racial bias". Because that's all that it amounts to.

There is no systemic "ism" that is discriminating against white people.

Re:Genders.wtf by Akronymus on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:33PM (#34342425)
"This scholarship is only for blacks, latinos and women"

Would you describe that as not systemic?

And I personally think your proposed alternarive just amounts to word games.

Re:Genders.wtf by mindover on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @02:05PM (#34342938)
Why are you conflating interpersonal racism with systemic? Both exist. If a white person is racist towards a black person do you call that racial bias? If you do, you are just replacing the established definition of racism, not addressing the phenomenon itself.
Re:Genders.wtf by jjeaff on Sunday January 15, 2023 @04:25PM (#34393611)
Because the suffix "ism" doesn't really refer to interpersonal things. It connotes a system.

Some may not agree with the distinction, but the reality that racial bias without power and a system behind it is not really the same thing. Which is why there is not equivalent to things like the "n" word for white people.