Explaining the reverse racism

Numerous acts of racism make international news headlines every day. There’s no scarcity of media content when it comes to racial discrimination or racially motivated violence, from articles about white supremacists planning to kill President Barack Obama to police cruelty against vulnerable black men. But what is reverse racial discrimination? Is it even real or just a misconception? And what is the best way to define it? 

Reverse racism is an impression that is often misinterpreted in society. It associates itself with racism to rationalize its existence. Reverse racism is defined as intolerance or discrimination against members of the historically dominant racial communities.

For some people, reverse racism is a serious societal issue. They somehow believe that intolerance can be overturned to the people who aren’t discriminated against based on their skin color. These people are inclined to think that these roles can be inverted – oppressed oppressing the oppressor. However, it’s the need of the hour to acknowledge that it’s a myth and racism doesn’t work that way.

Racism is a deeply entrenched system of power structures based on race, ratified by communities and cultures – solidified to benefit white people and oppress black, indigenous, and people of color.

The acts of racism on specific minority communities include police brutality, ethnic income gaps, sidelining, remonstrance, slavery, and colonialism. These behavioral traits conforming to physical appearance have been marginalizing minorities for centuries.

Do we find any of these instances of racial discrimination correlated with white people? No, we don’t. Hence we have to comprehend that black intolerance does not affect the liberties of white people. Whites hold the most power even today that enables them to oppress BIPOC. Racism has various negative impacts on people of color from workplace discrimination to wrongful housing intolerance and police brutality.

If reverse racism was a substantial issue, it would establish a world where all groups have balanced organizational, social, and economic strength. Not denying the fact that BIPOC can have certain stereotypes or prejudicial notions about whites, but that’s not racism as it does not give the power of superiority to the minorities in any manner.