In all of the news surrounding Sonia Sotomayor, we keep hearing the term "reverse racist". This, of course, refers to her comment about a wise latina women making better decisions than a white male and her ruling in the firefighter descrimination case. The term "reverse racist" is in itself racist. When someone is racist we are supposed to call them a racist. When a white person is racist against minorities we call them a racist. When a minority is racist against white people, apparently (because they are a minority) they are a reverse racist. My question is what do you call a minority who is racist against another minority group?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Reverse Racist Racism?
In all of the news surrounding Sonia Sotomayor, we keep hearing the term "reverse racist". This, of course, refers to her comment about a wise latina women making better decisions than a white male and her ruling in the firefighter descrimination case. The term "reverse racist" is in itself racist. When someone is racist we are supposed to call them a racist. When a white person is racist against minorities we call them a racist. When a minority is racist against white people, apparently (because they are a minority) they are a reverse racist. My question is what do you call a minority who is racist against another minority group?
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