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== Myths ==

== Myths ==

Anti-white racists and their useful idiots sometimes attempt to gaslight white people into believing that they don't experience racism; rather such people argue  that racism is systemic and that white people experience "racial prejudice" instead. [[Anti-semite|Anti-semites]] often use similar lines against Jewish people. Indeed, the racist Member of Parliament [[Diane Abbott]] touted this falsehood in 2023 during a racist letter (described by [[Keir Starmer]] as antisemitic)<ref name="JCstarmer">[https://www.thejc.com/news/news/sir-keir-starmer-diane-abbott-letter-was-antisemitic-Xxq8dpE2ZGnlGgsunkuUB Sir Keir Starmer: Diane Abbott letter was 'antisemitic']</ref> that argued that groups such as the [[Irish]], [[Jews]] and [[Roma|Romani]] do not experience racism while black people do.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/04/23/far-left-labour-mp-diane-abbott-suspended-for-saying-jews-and-white-people-dont-experience-racism/ Far-Left Labour MP Diane Abbott Suspended for Saying Jews and White People Don’t Experience Racism]</ref> However ''Collins'' states that "racism" and "racial prejudice" are synonyms and defines racism as "the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief",<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/racism RACISM definition and meaning]</ref> which applies to all races including white people.

Anti-white racists and their useful idiots sometimes attempt to gaslight white people into believing that they don't experience racism; rather such people argue  that racism is systemic and that white people experience "racial prejudice" instead. [[Anti-semite|Anti-semites]] often use similar lines against Jewish people. Indeed, the racist Member of Parliament [[Diane Abbott]] touted this falsehood in 2023 during a racist letter (described by [[Keir Starmer]] as antisemitic)<ref name="JCstarmer">[https://www.thejc.com/news/news/sir-keir-starmer-diane-abbott-letter-was-antisemitic-Xxq8dpE2ZGnlGgsunkuUB Sir Keir Starmer: Diane Abbott letter was 'antisemitic']</ref> that argued that groups such as the [[Irish]], [[Jews]] and [[Roma|Romani]] do not experience racism while black people do.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/04/23/far-left-labour-mp-diane-abbott-suspended-for-saying-jews-and-white-people-dont-experience-racism/ Far-Left Labour MP Diane Abbott Suspended for Saying Jews and White People Don’t Experience Racism]</ref> However ''Collins'' states that "racism" and "racial prejudice" are synonyms and defines racism as "the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief",<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/racism RACISM definition and meaning]</ref> which applies to all races including white people. Even if the (incorrect) assumption that white people do not experience systemic racism is taken as fact, ''SciencesPo'' of France states that to deny the existence of "anti-white racism" ignores the two main definitions of raicsm.<ref>[https://www.sciencespo.fr/research/cogito/home/is-there-such-a-thing-as-anti-white-racism/?lang=en SciencesPo - Is There Such A Thing As "Anti-White Racism"]</ref>

Among the various myths pushed by anti-white racists is that which attempts to downplay the extent to which white people were [[Slavery|enslaved]], sometimes even denying it ever happened at all. This is untrue. From the 16th to 18th century, as many as 1.25 million White Europeans were captured and forced to work as slaves to [[Muslim]] masters in [[North Africa]].<ref>[https://news.osu.edu/when-europeans-were-slaves--research-suggests-white-slavery-was-much-more-common-than-previously-believed/  When Europeans Were Slaves: Research Suggests White Slavery Was Much More Common Than Previously Believed]</ref> This is acknowledged by the liberal newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/guardianweekly/story/0,12674,1171347,00.html Slavery wasn't only for Africans]</ref> The word "slave" itself refers to the European Slavs who were commonly forced into slavery during the [[Middle Ages]].

Among the various myths pushed by anti-white racists is that which attempts to downplay the extent to which white people were [[Slavery|enslaved]], sometimes even denying it ever happened at all. This is untrue. From the 16th to 18th century, as many as 1.25 million White Europeans were captured and forced to work as slaves to [[Muslim]] masters in [[North Africa]].<ref>[https://news.osu.edu/when-europeans-were-slaves--research-suggests-white-slavery-was-much-more-common-than-previously-believed/  When Europeans Were Slaves: Research Suggests White Slavery Was Much More Common Than Previously Believed]</ref> This is acknowledged by the liberal newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/guardianweekly/story/0,12674,1171347,00.html Slavery wasn't only for Africans]</ref> The word "slave" itself refers to the European Slavs who were commonly forced into slavery during the [[Middle Ages]].