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Originally posted by Ace Reject
Had to step in to this discussion.
Racism assumes two things - prejudice and POWER. Systemically, ethnic minorities have no power; the Caucasian population does.
What a Black/Latino/Asian person says to a White person can be deeply prejudiced (and wrong), but it truly cannot be RACIST.
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I disagree. Prejudice and racism go hand-in-hand. Racism, to me, is anyone treating or speaking of any person differently because of race.
Whites do have more power in society has a race, and there is unfortunately systematic racism in many countries, including the U.S. However, to say that racist remarks or actions don't exist against white people is incorrect.
I do agree that, obviously, whites don't face systematic racism as a whole and do possess power, but that's the extent. The rest, I believe, is incorrect.