The term reverse racism is one of the stupidest terms I’ve ever heard of. Correct me if I’m wrong but racism is racism isn’t it? I suppose if what somebody means when they say “reverse racism” is that they are totally in favor of a specific race then yes, reverse racism would be the correct term, however that’s not what anybody ever means when they are using that term. Wanda Sykes has a great bit about reverse racism where she says “Reverse racism? That's ridiculous. Isn’t that when a racist is being nice to somebody else. What they are really afraid of is called KARMA." I agree with her 100%. Any way you cut it racism is racism. Don’t try to pull this reverse racism crap because it just makes you look stupid. Don’t try and make yourself the victim when you yourself have probably at one time or another had racist tendencies. We’ve all done it and may not even realize it. Using the term reverse racism is very similar to a double negative sentence such as “I don’t need none.” So what you really mean is that you do need some. If we're going to accept reverse racism as a term that is acceptable why not call something that's beautiful, reverse ugly or something that's skinny, reverse fat? I’ll tell you why, because people will want to correct you and say…so you mean that it’s beautiful or…so you mean that it’s skinny? So why not correct somebody when they say “reverse racism” and tell them…"so you mean they're being nice to you?" At the very least question them about it because they’re probably already all fired up about whatever the situation is and this will just piss them off even more. They won’t think it’s funny but you probably will!
~Happy Friday~
-Blue Collar Drifter
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