Posted by
Optimus Magnus on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:29:05 AM
What is it with folks who want to mitigate discrimination against white folks (usually men) by calling it 'reverse' discrimination? Is it somehow just part of my genetic makeup to discriminate against anyone who isn't like me because I'm white? The name implies that is simply expected of me to exclude someone on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, orientation, disability, grandmother's virginal status, etc., etc. Discrimination is what it is. By deeming such actions as 'reverse', people are saying that somehow it isn't as hurtful, that someone didn't get screwed as badly, and that the victim had it coming because he/she was white. The term is racist.