Is this reverse racialism at it's very worse.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....sity-pageant-row.html

/////" She was so outraged that she wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama complaining of her treatment, saying: 'I feel as though you could relate to my situation'."////////

////." But the 22-year-old backed down after a public outcry at her complaints, apologising to fellow students and admitting she may have overreacted."/////

Typical of us, apologising even if we are not in the wrong.

[jno]

yes, 1-0 to sp1814 there, as aog has clearly (and understandably!) avoided answering simple questions about his increasingly weird posts.

The idea that a beauty contest might show anything "at it's very worst" (the apostrophe is aog's) is nonsense. As for "reverse racialism", that must remain forever unexplained.

[birdie1971]

Okay, I'll wade into this one...

Both Jno and Sp1814 are being deliberately facetious about the phrase, “reverse racialism”

It's fairly obvious what the phrase means when the context of its use is known. In this case, black people criticising a white person specifically because of her racial origin.

There has been a general consensus in the media over the past few years that racism only exists when it flows from white person to black person. Until relatively recently, a black person saying or doing unpleasant things to a white person wasn't considered by the “powers that be” as racist. For whatever reason, there was a mindset (in the governing classes) that genuinely believed that ethnic minorities in the UK were incapable of being racist. Effectively, anyone none white was considered immune from being labelled “racist” - they were just standing up against years of white oppression.

Fortunately, the scales have fallen from our collective eyes and it's obvious to one and all that racism is, quite perversely, an all inclusive club.

The phrase “reverse racialism” is an acknowledgement that racism now appears to be a two-way street when previously it was seen as being decidedly one-way.

[birdie1971]

Jno - “As for "reverse racialism", that must remain forever unexplained.”

Hopefully, no longer.

[sp1814]

For

The phrase “reverse racialism” is an acknowledgement that racism now appears to be a two-way street whe previously it was seen as being decidedly one-way.

read:

The phrase “reverse racialism” is an acknowledgement that racism now appears to be a two-way street when previously it was decidedly one-way.

[Quinlad]

birdie, you normally argue very strongly but not in this occasion.

Everyone has been aware that racism is a two-way street.

Phrases like "a general consensus", "the powers that be", "for whatever reason", "the governing classes" are the kind of deliberately vague ramblings you find on the Daily Mail letters page. It's the language of people who can't be bothered to find any evidence to support their views, or suspect it doesn't exist so try to circumvent it. No one genuinely denies that racism is racism if it flows from black to white. It makes you sound paranoid to suggest a liberal conspiracy to keep the issue under wraps, mate.

What I will say is that, as the balance of power has shifted away from white-to-black oppression to a more level playing field, you're might well find more evidence of racism coming the other way. That's no more acceptable than any other form of racism. Bt then, no one is suggesting it is.

[anotheoldgit]

I think birdie1971 has explained it very well, much better than I could hope to do.

All that remains to say is judging by some posters who still can't bring themselves to admit that in this case there were obvious racism targeted against this white girl.

I anxiously await for a similar case to arise, with roles reversed, and then read the outcry that will undoubtedly take place.

[jno]

what sp1814 and Quinlad said. It hasn't been 'generally accepted' that racism could only go one way. It's just that for many years it did go only one way, what with no black countries enslaving whites to work in their cotton fields.

[birdie1971]

Gosh I'm terribly sorry if my answer didn't satisfy you Quinlad but “reverse racialism” was not my phrase. I was simply attempting to explain what I believed was meant by the phrase. And from AOG's comment it appears that I hit the nail on the head.

As for you assertion that, “Everyone has been aware that racism is a two-way street...”...

http://blogs.telegrap...towards-white-people/

Clearly, both you and I believe the same thing - racism is racism - the colours of the protagonists are utterly irrelevant. However, as you can see in the above link, not everyone agrees with us. (I realise that Jo Brand is not an expert in this area... but the point is made – not 'everyone' agrees...)


Quote, “... as the balance of power has shifted away from white-to-black oppression to a more level playing field, you're might well find more evidence of racism coming the other way.”

Agreed. And the story that this Question is based upon is a very good example of just that.

[birdie1971]

Jno - “...for many years it did go only one way, what with no black countries enslaving whites to work in their cotton fields.”

Touché.

[birdie1971]

Sp1814 -

I agree that your re-phrasing of my statement is more historically accurate.

However, the point being made is still the same.