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'''Reverse Racism''' is a term for groundless accusations of racism.  It is a unique and deliberate focus on race in an attempt to discredit others as racist. An important component of reverse racism is for the indicter to appear factual, neutral, unbiased, a person truely above racisms' perversion. Others are unapologetic about racial bias, referring to groups whether guilty or innocent, as rotten people that has to be exposed. It is subtle in its use,  reverse racism is considered hate speech and affects all races and religious groups, even gender.
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'''Reverse Racism''' is racism by or for the benefit of those who have historically been the victims of racism.  As such, it does not refer to the "reverse" of racism, but to a reversal in the ''direction'' of racism.
  
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Example of reverse racism include:
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==2008 Presidential elections==
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* Racial quotas for employment or education, which give minority groups an advantage;
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The race for President is not without the injection of racism charges. The first African-American [[Democrat Obama]] running against a white [[Republican McCain]]. McCain is an honorable person as proven by his 28 years of elected office and his dedication to this country during a time of war. This has not stopped his opponents from trying to associate him with racism by means of reverse racism.
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* Racial rhetoric used by minority group leaders, directed against majority groups;
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===Examples===
 
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*[[NYTimes]]: "[[McCain]] ad that likened [[Obama]]'s celebrity status to lightweight celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, Obama suggested three times on Wednesday that the McCain campaign was trying to scare voters with racial appeals."<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2008/08/01/nyt-calls-mccain-ad-racist-mccain-camp-likens-editors-kos-kids NYT Calls McCain Ad Racist, McCain Camp Likens Editors to Kos Kids] NewsBusters.org, August 1, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjI2NzFlYzZmNDRiNzkyNzU1YzJiZWZhYmFlNmJkYmQ= Obama’s Racism Card] NationalReviewOnline, August 1, 2008</ref>
 
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*[[Time]] posts online, "Obama's [[Fannie Mae]] connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn't even mention a far more significant tie. Instead, it relies on a fleeting and tenuous reference in a Washington Post Style section story to suggest that Obama's principal economic adviser is former Fannie Mae Chairman Frank Raines. Why? One reason might be that Johnson is white; Raines is black. Consider McCain's new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally: ''Sinister images of two black men'', followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman."<ref>[http://time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/mccain_plays_the_race_card.html McCain Plays the Race Card] TIME, September 18, 2008</ref> Karen Tumulty, the TIME author, in laying accusations against McCain, points out that the Washington Post style is racist.
 
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*Democratic congressman from Georgia [[John Lewis]] drew a rhetorical line connecting McCain to the white segregationist [[Alabama]] [[governor]] [[George Wallace]] and, through Wallace, to the 1963 church bombing in [[Birmingham]] that killed four girls.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/10/12/john-lewis-smears-mccain-enabling-racist-violence-wapo-sugar-coats-it-bl John Lewis Smears McCain As Enabling Racist Violence; WaPo Sugar-Coats It In Blandness] NewsBusters.org, October 12, 2008</ref> Obama and the Democratic national party distanced themselves and gave no rebuke of or apologies for Lewis's comments to McCain.
 
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*[[Washington Post]] editorial, "false claims that Obama is [[Muslim]], that he trained to overthrow the government and that he was educated in Wahhabi schools are a standard part of the political discussion. These fake stories come from voices on the ultra right that have dabbled in other forms of conspiracy, including classic [[anti-Semitism]]."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302173.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 McCain and the Raging Right] Washington Post, October 15, 2008</ref>
 
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*The [[Associated Press]] claimed, "Even mentioning the association with Ayers, as Sarah Palin did in a speech earlier in the week, signifies a hidden 'racial tinge.'"<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/beck.issues/index.html Obama doesn't make you a racist] CNN, October 9, 2008</ref>
 
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*In a statement Obama repeated three times, he said what George Bush and John McCain are "going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he’s not patriotic enough. He’s got a funny name. You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills." Neither has done any such thing, of course. McCain has distanced himself from attacks with the remotest hint of racial undertones.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjI2NzFlYzZmNDRiNzkyNzU1YzJiZWZhYmFlNmJkYmQ= Obama’s Racism Card] NationalReviewOnline, August 1, 2008</ref> McCain's campaign made a small ad about Obamas giant ego, his image on Mt. Rushmore and the hundred dollar bill. Obama neutralized the criticism by claiming the ego attack ads are racist.  <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTJDv4hevU John McCain's Youtube Account]</ref>
 
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*In an editorial titled McCain unleashes the 'kooks', ''"Are we witnessing the re-emergence of the far right as a power in American politics? Has John McCain, inadvertently perhaps, become the midwife of a new movement built around [[fear]], [[xenophobia]], racism and [[anger]]?"'' Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. <ref>[http://www.ohio.com/editorial/commentary/30993754.html McCain unleashes the 'kooks'] Washington Post, October 15, 2008</ref>
 
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==Republican African-Americans== 
 
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As reverse racism, liberals will purposely slight African-American Republicans on character and old stereotypes. Notable politicians and judges, such as [[Michael Steele]] and [[Clarence Thomas]] have been maliciously attacked in this way.  In a Washington Times article, Michael Steele of Maryland "....pelting him with Oreo cookies during a campaign appearance, calling him an “Uncle Tom” and depicting him as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log. Operatives for the [[Democratic]] Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) also obtained a copy of his credit report — the only [[Republican]] candidate so targeted. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2005/11/02/the-vile-bile-we-have-to-put-up-with/ THE VILE BILE WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH] Michelle Malkin, November 2, 2005</ref> [[Whoopi Goldberg]] delighted the Manhattan [[liberal]] theatre crowd with a little Clarence Thomas-bashing while hosting the Tony Awards on CBS. Typically, she suggested that Justice Thomas wasn't really a black man, to laughter and applause. <ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/06/16/whoopi-jokes-tony-awards-clarence-thomas-isnt-black Whoopi Jokes at Tony Awards That Clarence Thomas Isn't Black] NewsNusters.org, June 16, 2008</ref>
 
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==Anti-Semitism==
 
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There are plenty of comments reminding voters of anti-semitism or its use in where none exists. For example, [[Ira Forman]], Executive Director National Jewish Democratic Council, said, "Jewish voters should take comfort in knowing that [[MoveOn]].org is not a haven for anti-Semitism and the organization will renounce and remove any postings of the sort. Leave it to [[Republicans]] to not allow the truth to get in the way of campaigning.".  In this statement, Forman very subtly equated Republicans with racism by specifically stating that a) MoveOn.org is not racist and b) Republicans are not like MoveOn.org. The National Jewish Democratic Council is a controversial liberal-left, anti-Christian, anti-military political foundation. <ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094473/posts  "Jewish" Democrats Host Hate-Monger and Impeached Perjurer Alcee Hastings] Free Republic, September 30, 2008</ref>
 
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Revision as of 14:22, October 25, 2008

Reverse Racism is racism by or for the benefit of those who have historically been the victims of racism. As such, it does not refer to the "reverse" of racism, but to a reversal in the direction of racism.

Example of reverse racism include:

  • Racial quotas for employment or education, which give minority groups an advantage;
  • Racial rhetoric used by minority group leaders, directed against majority groups;

Also See

References

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