Gibberish

Next on the bullet list: " Reverse racism is racism. " These are just words, until you define exactly what you mean. If you just mean that an ideology that treats a normally privileged caste as inferior is racism, as is an ideology that endorses a traditional hierarchy, sure. If someone were to claim that people of European descent are somehow inferior humans, and ought to be deprived of educational an economic opportunity and even the right to vote, that would be racism. However, that is obviously not what people are trying to assert, since nobody would argue with them.What they are really saying is that frankly acknowledging historical injustice, and trying to find ways to correct it, is racist. Teaching children about slavery, and Jim Crow and the KKK terror and disenfranchisement and separate and unequal schools and discrimination in employment, housing and criminal justice might make white kids feel bad, so just shut up about it. Advocating for policies to overcome the disadvantages that some people face in life might threaten the privileges that some people currently enjoy, and they ' re entitled to those privileges because ... oops, that ' s actual racism. I ' ll be brief. As for the first claim, that we ought to hide unpleasant truths, that is never beneficial to anyone. Truth is empowering. I want to know and understand history, and that never makes me feel bad about myself. It gives me the tools to understand the world I live in, to find my way in it, and ...
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