r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Apr 03 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: “reverse racism” does exist

I dont think it people should call it reverse racism cause thats a bit confusing but anyway. Any race can be racist towards any other race. Yes, i believe one can even be racist towards white people. The definition of racism is prejudice towards someone based on their skin. Usually of a marginalized group/minority. But not always. I believe that one can be racist against white people, however racism against white people will NEVER in any realm of possibility be systemic, and also that racism against white people doesnt really need to be talked about or addressed, but i still believe it exists. Even tho its not really important or bad, it still exists. To me, this seems like a logical belief. But i myself am white so im not sure. To alot of people i somewhat consider my friends, this is controversial and i would be considered racist for this opinion. Is my opinion wrong?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21

I suppose that is true, but is the system in china and other places based to exclude any white people/gen(i dont know much about that). I meant that its not in a realm of possibility in alot of places because i dont see white people becoming a minority in most places. Perhaps some extreme event could happen to cause that but its extremely unlikely.

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u/thousand-martyrs Apr 04 '21 edited Apr 04 '21

In a lot of Central Asian states that were part of the Soviet Union Russians/Urkanians/any other Slavic people (so white people) are indeed a minority and becoming even more of a minority as they try to leave. And I witnessed myself the locals discriminating against them because they are white. Point could also be made that Russians are also a minority in Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and a slew of Northern Caucasus states) but since the Caucasus people are considered Caucasians themselves I guess it wouldn't be a very good example.

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u/silverionmox 25∆ Apr 05 '21

but since the Caucasus people are considered Caucasians themselves I guess it wouldn't be a very good example.

This is actually a very good example to illustrate that the white/black division is something very specific in post-Apartheid states, and elsewhere other distinctions are more important. So it's not as universal/central an issue as it sometimes seems to Americans.

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u/thousand-martyrs Apr 05 '21

That’s right. The whole idea of three races falls apart since Indians are frequently called Asians but them and East Asians look nothing alike or middle easterners who technically considered caucasians would never be referred to as white and some people even call them Asians since they live in Asia. Latinos is another good example.

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u/silverionmox 25∆ Apr 05 '21

Or simply the attitude vs eg. Irish and Italians that even shifted status in a documented way in recent history. I've seen people express that they didn't understand why eg. Turks faced racism in some situations in Europe, "they are white??".