Using most definitions of "isms," reverse racism is not actually a fact.
The way we describe in it sociology is that there is prejudice, which is someones thoughts, there is discrimination, which is actively doing something discriminatory, and there is racism, which is an institutional power.
There are two great books out there. The first is "Racism without Racists" by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. He describes how people perpetuate racist thoughts without thinking that they are "racist." The second is "Silent Racism" by Barbara Trepagnier, which states that everyone is racist, and people just need to learn what they can to try to minimize the institutional impact.
Until people can actually listen to one another, nothing will be acomplished. And, until people realize that racism is truely institutional, nothing will be done.
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Date: 2007-08-07 07:55 pm (UTC)The way we describe in it sociology is that there is prejudice, which is someones thoughts, there is discrimination, which is actively doing something discriminatory, and there is racism, which is an institutional power.
There are two great books out there. The first is "Racism without Racists" by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. He describes how people perpetuate racist thoughts without thinking that they are "racist." The second is "Silent Racism" by Barbara Trepagnier, which states that everyone is racist, and people just need to learn what they can to try to minimize the institutional impact.
Until people can actually listen to one another, nothing will be acomplished. And, until people realize that racism is truely institutional, nothing will be done.