07-06-2018, 04:23 PM
(07-06-2018, 04:16 PM)Beaker Wrote: Can there not be minority racists? And if they are bosses or store owners or in some other position of advantage, can they not deny you something also?
(07-06-2018, 04:18 PM)Beaker Wrote: A minority can certainly discriminate against a majority race. Happens all the time. And if they give their own people some type of advantage based solely upon skin color, then that person is receiving a privilege. But its still racism at its root.
Yes, both races can favor their own, but when one race controls a disproportionate amount of the wealth and power it is a privilege to belong to that race.
A black man would have been more likely to help another black man in the Jim Crow south, but don't you agree that it was a privilege to be white back then?