Positive Racism, also called "positive discrimination" is the practice of discriminating an ethnic group in an effort to promote another ethnic group. In most cases majority ethnicities will be positively discriminated against. It is called "positive" because certain groups of people perceive it as progressive and just to promote a minority on the expense of the majority.
The underlying hypothesis behind Positive Racism is that because majority ethnicities of certain societies are oppressing minority ethnicities it is legitimate to "counter-oppress" them and racially discriminate against majority ethnicites. Often a historic context is also used to justify the discrimination. Because of the actions of their ancestor who have long died, their genetic descendants deserve the punishment for these actions in their stead.
People in favour of Positive Racism will argue that only Institutional Racism is racism and only those who benefit from Institutional Racism can be racist. They deny the existence of Individual Racism , the capacity of an individual to be racist regardless of institutions and their belonging to an ethnic group.
As such a poor, disabled person from a majority ethnicity is still perceived as benefting from Insitutional Racism and the corresponding ethnic privilege even in direct comparison with a healthy, rich-born person from a non-majority ethnicity in that society.
The underlying hypothesis behind Positive Racism is that because majority ethnicities of certain societies are oppressing minority ethnicities it is legitimate to "counter-oppress" them and racially discriminate against majority ethnicites. Often a historic context is also used to justify the discrimination. Because of the actions of their ancestor who have long died, their genetic descendants deserve the punishment for these actions in their stead.
People in favour of Positive Racism will argue that only Institutional Racism is racism and only those who benefit from Institutional Racism can be racist. They deny the existence of Individual Racism , the capacity of an individual to be racist regardless of institutions and their belonging to an ethnic group.
As such a poor, disabled person from a majority ethnicity is still perceived as benefting from Insitutional Racism and the corresponding ethnic privilege even in direct comparison with a healthy, rich-born person from a non-majority ethnicity in that society.
A friend's ancedote about Positive Racism:
I was having a discussion about Senator X's student loan program. I was immediately shut down by two SJWs who said that my opinion doesn't matter because I am part of the majority ethnicity and therefore have gotten all these benefits from society. I suggested to them that me being a part of the majority ethnicity doesn't affect whether or not I pay back a student loan and that suggesting a person's opinion doesn't count because of their race and gender is racist. I then was ganged up on by their fellow SJW friends.
I was having a discussion about Senator X's student loan program. I was immediately shut down by two SJWs who said that my opinion doesn't matter because I am part of the majority ethnicity and therefore have gotten all these benefits from society. I suggested to them that me being a part of the majority ethnicity doesn't affect whether or not I pay back a student loan and that suggesting a person's opinion doesn't count because of their race and gender is racist. I then was ganged up on by their fellow SJW friends.
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Get the Positive Racism mug.The desire to live, work, marry and mingle with one's own kind: A nearly-universal desire and virtual law of nature, often expressed as 'Birds of a feather flock together', and denied only by liberals who live and work in areas much too expensive to have any more than a token number of minorities.
Racism is so ingrained and universal that it is reflected not once but twice in our language: The word kind (type) and kind (nice) have the same origin, as does the word like (similar) and like (appreciate), from which we infer that we like those whom we are like, and we are kind to those of our own kind.
-John "The Birdman" Bryant
-John "The Birdman" Bryant
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When someone takes a joke/ satire and fucking calls it racism or when someone acts like it's the most racist thing that's ever been said when it isn't.
Paul called Sarah racist because white people weren't her type Sarah called that "petty racism"
Shannon called Sophie racist for calling her a black female so Sophie said "petty racism"
Shannon called Sophie racist for calling her a black female so Sophie said "petty racism"
by Idiot's January 10, 2021
Get the Petty racism mug.Something no one understands the actual meaning of anymore. People, of all races, tend to cry racist anytime any sensitive issue involving race is mentioned nowadays.
Racism is the act of discriminating against a person or group of peoples based solely on their perceived racial identities, such as "The restaurant had a sign that clearly read 'No Mexicans'"
It is NOT when someone says "hey, that only happened because you're white/black/mexican/whatever".
It is NOT when someone says "hey, that only happened because you're white/black/mexican/whatever".
by kiptastic August 22, 2012
Get the racism mug.An excuse for people to be offended by every comment somebody could possibly make. The two autobots, Skids and Mudflap, from the second Transformers movie, for example, are not racist charicatures. There DO in fact exist people who really act like that in real life, but saying so would be racist to idiots who want to be politically correct. You can't say the word "black" without being racist. You can't even mention the fact that somebody is black without being racist. In short: It's total bullshit.
Good person: So anyway, I was talking to this black guy yesterday...
Idiot: Why did you have to mention that he's black? Are you a racist? By the way, the correct terminology is 'African-American.'
Good person: First off, I never said I was superior to him, so saying he's black is not racism. Second, he lives in Africa and is not a US citizen, so 'African-American' is not the correct terminology. So fuck you.
Idiot: Why did you have to mention that he's black? Are you a racist? By the way, the correct terminology is 'African-American.'
Good person: First off, I never said I was superior to him, so saying he's black is not racism. Second, he lives in Africa and is not a US citizen, so 'African-American' is not the correct terminology. So fuck you.
by The only sane man August 12, 2009
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Get the racism mug.Contrary to popular belief, this is a concept not based on hate, but rather on treatment and assumption. True racism is a persons preferential OR hateful treatment of someone who has more or less skin pigmentation than said person, regardless of which person is darker or lighter. This is the real, non-urban definition of the word.
Religion does not factor in. Ever. That is religious intolerance or religious discrimination. Not Racism.
Sadly, preferential treatment due to skin color has become known as 'white condescention' an inherently racist term as it implies that only caucasians engage racially condescending behavior.
Racists forget that 'assumption' cannot be spelled without 'ass'.
A word of advice: Try not to get into an argument with an imbecile. Bystanders probably won't be able to tell you apart.
Religion does not factor in. Ever. That is religious intolerance or religious discrimination. Not Racism.
Sadly, preferential treatment due to skin color has become known as 'white condescention' an inherently racist term as it implies that only caucasians engage racially condescending behavior.
Racists forget that 'assumption' cannot be spelled without 'ass'.
A word of advice: Try not to get into an argument with an imbecile. Bystanders probably won't be able to tell you apart.
Rosa Parks' arrest as a result of her choosing to sit at the front of a bus rather than the back, a stipulation applied by a racist governmental system.
Also, the 180 degree turn that said system has taken in forcing employers to hire based on pigment rather than qualification is racism at work.
The assumption that everyone who wears a turban runs a 7-eleven is racist, as are the phrases 'I love (insert color here) people!', and 'reverse racism'.
Also, the 180 degree turn that said system has taken in forcing employers to hire based on pigment rather than qualification is racism at work.
The assumption that everyone who wears a turban runs a 7-eleven is racist, as are the phrases 'I love (insert color here) people!', and 'reverse racism'.
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