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[BigV]

Point of order.

You know there's no such thing as reverse racism, right? Racism is racism, and the "colors" of the racists are immaterial. A vs B, B vs A, A vs A, etc.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by BigV

You know there's no such thing as reverse racism, right?

I disagree, and so do many others, including Wiki.

[Lamplighter]

[BigV]

Originally Posted by classicman

I disagree, and so do many others, including Wiki.

Nah, it doesn't exist. It's *still* racism. What do you call the people who engage in "reverse racism", "reverse racists"? It's nonsense.

What's "reverse" about it? When a wife punches her husband and gives him a black eye, is that "reverse domestic violence"? When a woman earns more than a man for doing the same job, is that is that "reverse unequal pay discrimination"? When a woman puts a roofie in the drink of a man and penetrates him without his consent, is that "reverse rape"?

How does attaching "reverse" to any of these scenarios make them any different than the "forward" of any of them?

[xoxoxoBruce]

I think reverse just got tacked on because most of us ...ahem, "mature" folks automatically think white on something else when we hear the word racisim, and would get confused. Then when the speaker was half way through, we'd be all, Wait, wait, what, you're saying black on white??