• NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Is “reverse racism” ever a thing anywhere anyway? Racism is racism.

      Honestly, my alarm bells start going off when people use that phrase.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Correct. Racism is racism. That said, it’s usually meant to call out situations where a minority group shitting on a majority group, which is not what is happening here.

        This is humanity’s old classic - the majority shitting on the minority.

    • pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org
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      1 year ago

      I’d call it reverse racism cuz the majority is actually upholding a minority. In china they literally hire Caucasian people to “look good” (whatever that means)

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        1 year ago

        Just like in Russia nobles would hire French and German servants to look good. Like an expensive horse.

      • can@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        1 year ago

        Isn’t racism just discriminating against people because of their race? I don’t majority/minority makes a difference for the definition.

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            1 year ago

            It’s probably not just you but I imagine there’s just as many like me who hear that phrase as an immediate red flag.