Reverse Racism and Discrimination Against Whites

A recent poll has shown that 2/3 of Americans who trust FOX news believe that whites face the same level of discrimination as other minorities. This is a pretty heavy claim. Discrimination against whites has also garnered the misnomer "reverse racism," a term which suggests that racism originated with one group initially (whites) and is now being used against said group by those whom it initially affected (nonwhites). Any white person who uses this term should think carefully about its meaning, because they are essentially admiting to the fact that reverse racism is a direct result of their own white racism.

For many minorities, the idea of discrimination against whites is a ridiculous one, but the argument must extend beyond this initial superficial reaction. Why is this idea so ridiculous, especially in the minds of black people?

The obvious reason is that because of white racism, blacks have been supressed socially, economically, and politically for hundreds of years. White racism has stained the history of the United States with the blood of the African slaves, not to mention the blood of the indigenous peoples that white Europeans so mercilessly slaughtered. True, de jure racism no longer exists, at least not explicitly, bu the fact is, the legacy of white supremacy cannot be erased from American society. How can discrimination against whites be "as big" as discrimination against minorities when whites still effectively run the infastructure of a country that was built for whites to enjoy?

Black people have only recently had access to jobs more prestigious than sharecropper or shoe shine boy. Only a small number of American businesses are black owned, and they are black businesses with the purpose of empowering blacks. Few blacks are corporate CEOs, Wall Street executives, or federal politicians. Barack Obama is the only really visible black man in "charge" of a white system, and they even tried to lynch him. But the president goes out of his way to avoid the race issue.

Poor whites are most likely to be resentful because they face similar economic discrimination as poor minorities, but that is where the line ends. Take a white person considered white trash by a bourgeoisie white man, then take a black nigger, a Mexican spic, an A-rab, or a Chinese chink, the white trash will become a white brother. Usually discrimination felt by whites exists in social interactions between whites and minorities, not in government. Whites will often decry black magazines, television shows, or universities on the basis that the existence similar organizations and institutions for whites would be considered racism, thereby implying reverse racism. Most, if not all American institutions are or were built for whites only. The existence of black organizations is a direct result of white discrimination. Blacks were not allowed in white schools. They weren't allowed to perform unless they were in blackface. That is why black organizations sprung into being and attempted to provide blacks with things whites were not going to provide for them. Even with the early existence of black organizations, whites terrorized blacks brave enough to take their own stand. Nowadays, this terrorism has been replaced with the cry of "reverse racism." Anything that excluded whites was and is considered dangerous, militant, racist, etc., etc. Whites barred us from their institutions, and when we try to make our own they get upset? C'mon son. There would be no need for affirmative action and black universities if they had allowed us to get into their institutions in the first place.

Discrimination against whites does exist, but it is only because of white discrimination against nonwhites. Furthermore, there is no way that discrimination against whites is "as big" as discrimination against nonwhites. After all, white supremacy has been part of American policy since the first landing of the European colonizers. It would take a long time for this policy to be eradicated, and its enablers will not give up that easily. They run the country.

Making Money for the White Man

In society, the ruling class (bourgeoisie) exists as the controller or influencer of national affairs, and all other "outside" classes will be subject to the economic and political dehumanization of the ruling class. This occurs even in media ane entertainment. Thus in the United States, the white ruling class has been responsible for the dehumanization of all other classes and ethnicities, most notably, although not limited to, "African Americans."

In the entertainment industry this dehumanization is a reflection of the prevailing attitudes white society has regarding blacks. It is a reflection of the social/political/economic status of blacks. The entertainment industry capitalizes off of the suffering of black people by portraying blacks and black culture as culturally and intellectually inferior. This is then packaged and presented to a mostly white audience, which is close enough to see the beast but still separated by a cage.

Stereotyping is not an invention of white America; indeed, if one is only exposed to a few members of a group, one is inclined to assume that the behaviors of the few represent the behaviors of the many. In reality, such groups may share nothing more than skin color or language. That being said, the perpetuation of stereotypes for the sole purpose of economic gain and the negative portrayals of nonwhites to a large white audience is an invention of white America. It's as American as the Fourth of July. Through various media such as television and theater, white America has in the past profited off of the negative portrayals of nonwhite cultures, and continues to do so today.

No culture has been more caricaturized than black culture. An entire industry was built on the mockery of black people, making them out to be coons, brutes, Toms, mammies, and pickaninnies. This has progressed from the stage to the silent film to the talking film to the cartoon and to the modern movie scene. Even today, blacks are portrayed as ignorant, materialistic, and thuggish, and the commercialization of hip-hop music, an organically black art form, has been a leading factor in this whole issue. Once white America realized that its sons and daughters were becoming attracted to the inner city hip-hop culture, it usurped and bastardized the culture solely for profit. This is nothing new: young whites have always had a fascination with various aspects black culture. But forget about intellectual blacks, who wants to see a brother doing well? That shit don't make no money.

All of this has left a deep scar on the collective psyche of black people. We as black consumers want to see real niggas from the streets. American fascination with gangster culture is a national thing, but while white Americans idolize gangsters and retain a love/hate relationship with them, blacks love them and become them. This is because blacks sympathize the most with the gangster's motivations and best understand his roots. If you don't have it, take it. That is the American way. And nobody doesn't have it more than black people.

If you view yourself as just a nigga, you will not strive beyond that. You will not try to become anything other than what you have been told by white America you can be, and you will be often be chastized by blacks who believe that professions such as medicine and law are not for black people. You will strive to become a gangsta, a baller, or a rapper. Historically white America has always kept us down and has led us to keep ourselves down by causing internal distrust, and we are doing exactly what white America wants. No one has done more to make blacks seem subhuman more than white America. Today, many blacks are simply doing what they were brought across the Atlantic to do-- make money for the white man.