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  Reverse discrimination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reverse discrimination is a term used to describe discriminatory policies or acts that benefit a historically sociopolitically nondominant group (typically minorities), rather than the historically sociopolitically dominant group.
The term "reverse discrimination" is sometimes considered synonymous with the terms affirmative action and positive discrimination.
Critics of reverse discrimination, typically in the politically and socially dominant groups, believe proponents take a situational stand where a principled stand is more appropriate, arguing that the practice replaces one form of discrimination with another.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reverse_racism   (444 words)

  
 Racism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Racism refers to the beliefs and practices that assume inherent and significant differences exist between the genetics of various groups of human beings; that assume these differences can be measured on a scale of "superior" to "inferior"; and that result in the social, political and economic advantage of one group in relation to others.
Racism has historically been defined as the belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities, that a certain race is inherently superior or inferior to others, and/or that individuals should be treated differently according to their racial designation.
Racism is regarded by many as an affront to basic human dignity and a violation of human rights.
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 Racism - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Racism is recognised as an attack on basic human dignity and on the very notion of human rights.
Racism in one form or another was widespread in Britain before the twentieth century, and during the 1900s particularly towards Jewish groups and immigrants from Eastern Europe.
Racism infers an assumption of racial superiority and a harmful intent, whereas separatists sometimes prefer the term racialism, indicating a strong interest in matters of race without a necessary inference of superiority or a desire to be harmful to others.
open-encyclopedia.com /Racism   (4426 words)

  
 Racism -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Racism has historically been defined as the belief that (A contest of speed) race is the primary determinant of human capacities, that a certain race is inherently superior or inferior to others, and/or that (A single organism) individuals should be treated differently according to their racial designation.
However, anecdotal evidence suggests that racism remains widespread, and some politicians and public figures have been accused of excusing or pandering to racist attitudes in the media, particularly with regard to (Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)) immigration.
Racism infers an assumption of (Click link for more info and facts about racial superiority) racial superiority and a harmful intent, whereas separatists sometimes prefer the term racialism, indicating a strong interest in matters of race without a necessary inference of superiority or a desire to be harmful to others.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/racism.htm   (6517 words)

  
 Racism
Racism is a phenomenon in which people mistreat, discriminate against, dislike, or even hate, have disdain for, or regard as inferior, other people based on what is regarded to be their race.
Racism may have originated as an extension of feelings of loyalty to family.
Reverse racism is a controversial concept; it refers to a form of racism against a dominant group.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/r/ra/racism.html   (2489 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Reverse racism
It is also known as reverse discrimination but in the United States this term is used solely by its detractors.
When minorities are actively sought or preferred, the reason given is usually that this is necessary to compensate for advantages to groups such as males or those of European descent from racism, sexism, results of historical circumstances, and institutional racism.
Some dissenters claim that racial preferences have in-effect caused a reverse discrimination against a historically-dominant group (white males in Europe and North America), and liken such preferences to apartheid.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reverse-racism   (3920 words)

  
 Learn more about Racism in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Another possible source of racism is the misunderstanding of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution.
Reverse racism is a controversial concept; it refers to a form of discrimination against a dominant group.
The history of racism is closely tied with the history of the concept of race itself, which is the topic of the article on race.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ra/racism.html   (3075 words)

  
 Racism Article, Racism Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Racism in one form or another was widespread in Britain before the twentieth century, and during the 1900s particularly towardsJewish groups and immigrants from Eastern Europe.
However, anecdotal evidence suggests that racism remains widespread, and some politicians and public figures have beenaccused of excusing or pandering to racist attitudes in the media, particularly with regard to immigration.
Racism infers an assumption of racial superiority and a harmful intent, whereas separatists sometimes prefer the term racialism,indicating a strong interest in matters of race without a necessary inference of superiority or a desire to be harmful to others.Rather their focus is on racial segregation and white pride.
www.anoca.org /race/white/racism.html   (3780 words)

  
 Racism
Racism is a form of persecution based on beliefs, practices, and institutions that negatively discriminate against people based solely on their perceived or ascribed race.
Another well-references source of racism is a mis-interpretation of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution.
Racism is and has been official government policy in many countries.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/racism.html   (3930 words)

  
 Racism Against White Men Ignored : Worcester IMC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Yet despite her personal conviction of fraud "no" broader perspective of reverse racism and sexism has been mentioned by anyone in the media or on U.S. campuses (which is pretty much 100% usual for American media and academia).
This complete obtuseness from recognizing and admitting that reverse racism happens often enough in this country (both the subtle and not so subtle) and has existed for a long time (and newspapers and campuses are full of enough of reverse racists (which is why they don't recognize the obvious)).
Racism came to be known in most minds as the “white people’s" disease—especially that of white male's.
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 Racism at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Racism (or racialism) refers to beliefs, practices, and institutions that negatively discriminate against people based on their perceived or ascribed race.
Sometimes the term is used to describe the belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities, or that individuals should be treated differently according to their ascribed race.
Racism, in U.S. parlance, more often infers an assumption of racial superiority, whereas separatists sometimes prefer the term racialism to indicate a strong interest in matters of race without a necessary inference of superiority.
wiki.tatet.com /Racism.html   (3279 words)

  
 a look at the myth of reverse racism and cultual etiquette : Houston Indymedia
Although such an issue may seem trivial in the larger scheme of things—especially given the more significant discussions about racism in the educational system that I had hoped to engage in that day—the challenge posed by the students was actually an important one.
Simply put, what separates white racism from any other form, and what makes anti-fl, anti-brown, anti-yellow, or anti-red humor more biting and more dangerous than its anti-white equivalent is the ability of the former to become lodged in the minds of and perceptions of the citizenry.
It is not "racism in reverse' or "segregation" for Jews or people of color to come together in affinity groups for mutual support.
houston.indymedia.org /print.php?id=25685   (3757 words)

  
 Stanley Fish on Discrimination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The very phrase "reverse racism" contains the argument in exactly the form to which Bush objected: In this country whites once set themselves apart from fls and claimed privileges for themselves while denying them to others.
Those efforts, designed to redress the imbalances caused by long-standing discrimination, are called affirmative action; to argue that affirmative action, which gives preferential treatment to disadvantaged minorities as part of a plan to achieve social equality, is no different from the policies that created the disadvantages in the first place is a travesty of reasoning.
"Reverse racism" is a cogent description of affirmative action only if one considers the cancer of racism to be morally and medically indistinguishable from the therapy we apply to it.
aad.english.ucsb.edu /docs/fish.discrim.rever.html   (621 words)

  
 J.A.S.O.N. » Reverse Racism…
As a victim of racism by Afro and Latino Americans when I was a teenager in the 1970’s, I commend your courage to speak out on the subject.
Racism is simply the process of being discriminated against on the basis of your skin colour or culture.
Racism is an action that cannot be controlled by the victim, who ever or whatever he/she may be does not define the action.
www.justasimpleonlinenerd.com /?p=370   (7048 words)

  
 Lit.Org : Opinions : Reverse Racism : Writers Workshops, Writing Tips, articles, stories, poetry, authors, interviews, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Reverse racism can be seen anywhere and is usually taken out on the innocent.
Racism is even present in humor comparing different ethnicities, subconsciously labeling one race superior and the other as the lesser race.
Although it is difficult to put the historical significance of racism aside and co-exist in a racism free existence, one has to believe in mind over matter and one by one we can continue towards progress.
www.lit.org /view/11199   (5663 words)

  
 Inoperable Terran » “Reverse” racism…
Racism & reverse racism, are man made terms, to aussage ‘his’ guilt complexes brought about by others who don’t see life plainly.
First off, very insightful that racism and reverse racism are man-made terms, because up until now everyone must have thought they were made by machines, or maybe by some of the more advanced ape species.
Racism is blown way out of proportion mainly because for every “hate” crime there is a “reverse hate” crime.
terran.godmonkey.com /?p=5978   (1385 words)

  
 Reverse Racism -- the Key Word is "Racism", not "Reverse"
The people of Florida need to show that racism is unacceptable from any politician, regardless of his or her race, and I just hope that Ms.
Racism is wrong no matter who the racist is, and she should step down -- just like any white racist moron would be forced to do.
Your tag line read 'Racism: an appalling slur on humanity, unless committed by a fl Democratic politician.' Rather than accuse her of being a racist, you stated that what she said was an example of racism.
www.thisistrue.com /racist.html   (2734 words)

  
 Democratic Underground Forums - Reverse Racism
Racism is racism--and it happened to me, a white, when I was a kid
I have never personally experienced any reverse racism that I am aware of.
Jobs are a good place to see reverse racism though.
www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID60/27510.html   (2388 words)

  
 Reverse Racism Running Rampant in Bush Administration
This University of Michigan case is a two-bit side show compared to the disgusting level of racism seen in Federal hiring practices and in the contracts given out based strictly on the color of one's skin, not from the "content of the character", as Martin Luther King would say.
Not only have whites been the target of government sponsored racism while whites have been in the majority, but we could see the day soon where whites become the minority yet still suffer the same racism at the hands of government sponsored skin based preferences.
Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" of yesterday is America's "we have a nightmare" today as reverse racism runs rampant in the United States today.
www.geocities.com /sentryusa2000/issue23pX_RRR.htm   (831 words)

  
 Stanley Fish on Individual Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Reverse Racism: Or How the Pot got to Call the Kettle Black." Atlantic Monthly November 1993.
THE point is not a difficult one, but it is difficult to see when the unfairness scenarios are presented as simple contrasts between two decontextualized persons who emerge from nowhere to contend for a job or a place in a freshman class.
Rather, they need only clothe themselves in a vocabulary plucked from its historical context and made into the justification for attitudes and policies they would not acknowledge if frankly named.
aad.english.ucsb.edu /docs/fish.individ.html   (506 words)

  
 Okayplayer.com Boards - Viewing topic #52943 - reverse racism abroad...
Luckily i'm on the receiving side of racism aswell as I am Muslim and Afghan, so I would never be so ignorant to say something like that.
that affirmative action is a term --often judged as reverse discrimination against whites-- which has been designed to hide the fact that it´s actually a reparation...
but unfortunately, the only thing that's really reversed or backwards is the way americans in general, white americans in particular view race and refuse to have honest dialogues about it.
board.okayplayer.com /okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=9&topic_id=52943   (1642 words)

  
 GRAPH GRAPH
As indicated by the results of the survey above, few believe that reverseracism exists.
  One possible explanation for this denial is that reverseracism claims are RARELY filed and, when filed, these claims are almost never supported.
  The largest factor behind racism is anger, and most of this anger stems from feeling oppressed by and discriminated against by other races.
bama.ua.edu /~aast/reverse/reverse.htm   (887 words)

  
 Nobody Hates Forums - Reverse Racism? what the heck?!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
That's what "reverse racism" combined with your explanation did mean.
It's purely in their minds, but liberal media is contradicting itself by downin racism yet promoting separation.
He just happens to be using the word "Racism" to describe the fact that we are talking about them.
www.nhforums.com /forums/printthread.php?t=376   (1746 words)

  
 Cries of 'Reverse Racism' Ring Hollow
In so doing, George W. Bush has embraced the code language that denigrates as "reverse racism" any sincere program to bring more fl and brown people into the halls of higher education.
For the Supremes to rule affirmative action unconstitutional would be as politically motivated a ruling as were the court's decisions that allowed Jim Crow to dehumanize African Americans before an epic social movement forced its hand.
Really, folks, crying "reverse racism" at the drop of a hat is ludicrous.
www.thenation.com /doc/20030203/scheer20030121   (933 words)

  
 Reverse Racism on These Boards
I see racism as not just a mistreatment of a certain race, but glorifying of a certain race as well (because by glorifying someone, there is always someone else left out)
Reverse racism is a very real thing, and is as much a threat to equality as plain racism.
Just as fl people cannot be truly prominent in society as long as they are discriminated against, white people will never see fl people as equals if they are obligated to feel sorry for them, and to condone discriminative behaviour on their part.
www.collegeconfidential.com /discus/messages/5/71908.html   (7967 words)

  
 White Seattle Fire Fighter Responds to Charges of Racism; Files Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit.
White Seattle Fire Fighter Responds to Charges of Racism; Files Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit.
As of 9/21/98, Seattle Fire Capt. Randy Hansen has chosen to go on the record with his view of the current and past facts and circumstances of Seattle's reverse discrimination against him.
We use the term reverse discrimination reluctantly and only because it is so widely understood.
www.adversity.net /c6_092198.htm   (1661 words)

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