(I’m white I’ll just get that out of the way before I start this) Lemme hit ya with a big truth. Reverse Racism does not exist. In the light of the terrible events that transpired this past weekend I have seen too many posts that are actually saying “not all white people.” Its the same mindset behind “not all men” in response to feminism. Some white people are actually insinuating that the comments made recently about white people are “racist” and that its “reverse racism.” They are saying they are being discriminated against for being white. Ha.

Some people seem to think that “being made fun of” is the same as someone being racist. When white people are being made fun of it usually comes in the form of stereotypes: white people can’t dance, white girls like our Starbucks, and we are rich. How are any of those things awful and should be considered racist? Now take a look at the stereotypes directed towards black people: stupid, stealers, poor, thugs, violent…. See a pattern. These are harmful stereotypes. White people are not held back in any means, but black people are socially and economically held back by these stereotpes. These can be seen in the case of Mike Brown. The media is trying to make Mike Brown seem like a horrible, violent thug when in reality it was said by his parents he was a gentle giant. It was these harmful stereotypes that lead to his death. You don’t see white people getting shot and killed for being bad dancers.

In this video Aamer Rahman explains why there is no such thing as reverse racism very well. In the video it basically states, the only way a black or colored person can be racist to a white person is if they went back into time and incited the same monstrosities (ex: slavery) against whites that the whites did to them. Personally, this video really struck home to me and I finally, fully understood that reverse racism does not exist.

As stated before people are using the phrase “not all white people.” This makes me livid as a white person. Yes, not all white people are racist, but do you realize that we as a race, enslaved an entire race and then once free, denied them to vote and be active citizens in America? We’ve killed, raped, destroyed entire cultures, and wiped out entire popualtions. The white race has a lot to own up to. It’s a pointless argument and offensive to people who have experienced racism. It’s disgusting white people are trying to become the victims in these types of situations.

We are the racists, the bad guys. Get used to it. Own up to it. Do something about it if you don’t wanna be called racist anymore. I would like the people who use this excuse to think about looking Mike Brown’s grieving, suffering mother in the eyes and telling her “not all white people.”

Reverse Racism does not exist, but real racism does. Let’s do something about that so not one more innocent black person perishes at the hand of a white person.

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