Examples Of Reverse Racism

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What is Reverse Racism? Does it exist today? When people refer to the term “reverse” racism it is defined as prejudice or discrimination directed against a member of a dominant or privileged racial group according to the Oxford Dictionary. The Oxford Dictionary also states that racism is defined as the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. While some may argue that reverse racism still exists today, others might consider otherwise.  Anybody can be racist regardless of the color of your skin, you can even be racist within those of  your own race. Reverse racism does not exist because it supports the idea that "normal" racism always has a dominant group normally referred to as Caucasians as the perpetrator and any other race as the victim which is incorrect.
       According to an article written by Zebla Blay from the Huffington post, “The reverse racism card is often pulled by white people when people of color call out racism and discrimination, or create spaces for themselves that white people aren’t a part of.  The impulse behind the reverse racism argument seems to …show more content…

However this is unlikely the case because, an example of this issue is racial inequality in the criminal justice system. In American prisons, there is a disproportionate number of blacks in prison systems versus whites. They are put in these jails because of petty crimes such as shoplifting, public disturbance, etc, due to their socioeconomic status, and not having the means to receive proper council such as lawyer versus their white counterpart. As of today, every 1 in 15 African American men are arrested than every 1 in 106 white men. African Americans make up a good majority of U.S

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