Reply #32: in all seriousness

[CTLawGuy]

I agree

there is no such thing as "reverse discrimination".

There is only discrimination from individuals toward other individuals based on the victim's race.

The concept of RD is based on a collectivist mindset (with regards to race), which I explain below.

1. All individuals are primarily members of their racial class
2. Life is a power struggle between the racial classes. Whites currently hold an unfair power advantage.
3. Each individual white person is at least indirectly responsible for all discrimination against the minority races, whether present or past.
4. Every minority person, no matter how well off, is a victim of discrimination, both past and present.
5. Social power is a zero sum game. When whites gain power, minorities MUST lose power. Every disadvantage to a minority is necessarily an advantage to whites.

Because whites, as a group, hold the power advantage, only they can be racist. Racism is defined as having an unfair power advantage. Since minorities do not hold the advantage, they cannot be racist.

Reverse discrimination is discrimination against a member of the white racial class. It is "reverse" because discrimination is thought to go from whites to minorities.


I hold an individualist view of Racism, in which, the concept of "reverse discrimination" makes no sense.

1. All people are primarily individuals. Their racial characteristics are only secondary
2. All individuals have distinct interests unless they intentionally form a group interest. (That means racial groups don't have a singular interest)
3. Only those who perpetrate discrimination are responsible for it. Only those who are harmed directly, or close to it,are victims.
4. Social power accrues to individuals, a race's social power is the aggregate of the individuals' social power.
5. Racism enters public policy when racist people hold leadership positions.

Racism is when an individual is treated unfairly because of his or her race. Any person of any race is capable of this. There is no "reverse" component.