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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Well do you believe that reverse discrimination occurs, blacks to whites? And do you believe that blacks can be bigots or racists in their own right. Same for any other ethnic delineation, say Korean’s against white or blacks. Chinese Americans against anyone not Chinese? And how might this be different from other countries, like the UK or our friends Down Under?
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Before I answer I'm quickly going to define
my terms so no confusion occurs.
Prejudice - The thought of one group being superior to the other.
Ex. The prejudice man thought all Mexicans were lazy.
Discrimination - The act of preferring one group to another by prejudice justification.
The running back coach discriminated against the white boy for the starting position.
Racism - The social doctrine of putting one ethnic group or race above another on the social ladder
The 3/5th act would be considered a racist law.
Racist - One who follows or enforces racism, conscious or subconscious.
The black man was frustrated after the white liberal racist teacher overly congratulated him for getting a 90% on a test while not evening saying "good job" to the white boy that got a 95%.
Note that I do not use racist solely with the traditional term. Most people believe that humans are more important than dogs, but we do not beat them or lynch them. Most racists consciously or subconsciously believe that whites are more important than blacks, but that does not mean they will beat them. They may even want to bring blacks up to "their" level.
For your answer Merc,
Yes, any group can discriminate whether they are on the top of the social ladder or not. Blacks can be bigots (black supremacists) and be racist but they can NOT enforce racism because there is no current social doctrine that prefers blacks over whites (besides maybe jail). If there was a social doctrine somewhere that preferred blacks over whites, then blacks could just as easily enforce racism as whites do everywhere else.
I wouldn't consider Mexico true racism even though I have heard many horror stories. From what I've heard, all policies and social hardships against whites are because whites are considered rich, which enforces white supremacy. I would consider their "racism" reactionary to white supremacy. That does not justify their actions in any way BTW.
I have not seen anything first hand because I have not really left the country but I think white supremacy occurs everywhere in the world but it is pointed out more in the United States. From what I hear, a lot of Europeans try to pretend racism doesn't exist in their country but it really does and because no one believes it exists, nothing gets done about it.