Is racism one-sided or bidirectional?

[philipp]

I recently watched a documentary were a white serial killer shot several blacks just because of their skin color. He chose his victims more or less randomly, without further reason. This was in the '70s of course, and times have changed since then. I realized that I saw several hate-crime reports like these, but I did't saw any were, for example, a black or hispanic deliberately would have killed white people because of their skin color.

So, is racism indeed a one-directional phenomenon, i.e. white->ethnic, or does it appear the other direction too?

I don't talk about white cops shot by members of ethnic groups in the course of police operations or pro Trump demonstrators during protests. But I explicitly refer to racist acts where whites were attacked and killed precisely because they are white and without any other reason. My consideration is that hate on the part of ethnic groups against whites may have increased exponentially since the left's relentless effort to create it.

 

[Lutherf]

If you read enough around here you'll find that only whites are racist and they are all racist against blacks. Basically, white people hate everyone else because they are scared of losing their privilege.

Or something along those lines.

 

[Aunt Antifa]

I recently watched a documentary were a white serial killer shot several blacks just because of their skin color. He chose his victims more or less randomly, without further reason. This was in the '70s of course, and times have changed since then. I realized that I saw several hate-crime reports like these, but I did't saw any were, for example, a black or hispanic deliberately would have killed white people because of their skin color.

So, is racism indeed a one-directional phenomenon, i.e. white->ethnic, or does it appear the other direction too?

I don't talk about white cops shot by members of ethnic groups in the course of police operations or pro Trump demonstrators during protests. But I explicitly refer to racist acts where whites were attacked and killed precisely because they are white and without any other reason. My consideration is that hate on the part of ethnic groups against whites may have increased exponentially since the left's relentless effort to create it.

Everyone has prejudice, and anyone can discriminate against or be discriminated against. However only white people have the power and leverage of systemic racism in the United States.

Oppressed cannot oppress.

 

[Praxas]

I recently watched a documentary were a white serial killer shot several blacks just because of their skin color. He chose his victims more or less randomly, without further reason. This was in the '70s of course, and times have changed since then. I realized that I saw several hate-crime reports like these, but I did't saw any were, for example, a black or hispanic deliberately would have killed white people because of their skin color.

So, is racism indeed a one-directional phenomenon, i.e. white->ethnic, or does it appear the other direction too?

I don't talk about white cops shot by members of ethnic groups in the course of police operations or pro Trump demonstrators during protests. But I explicitly refer to racist acts where whites were attacked and killed precisely because they are white and without any other reason. My consideration is that hate on the part of ethnic groups against whites may have increased exponentially since the left's relentless effort to create it.

It depends on what definition of racism you use.

For instance Merriam Webster describes two versions of racism:

#1 a belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

#2 the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another

Racism | Definition of Racism by Merriam-Webster

Using the first definition, there indeed can be racism of blacks against white if the black person feels they are superior to the white person. However, that if very very rare in comparison to the racism of White Supremacists. Therefore it can be two-sided.

The second definition is more on the lines what some black people use to show it is impossible for the black person to be racist against whites because they don't have the political power to do so. Therefore using that definition it is indeed one-sided.

So there are two different answers to your question depending on what definition you are using.

 

[chuckiechan]

If you read enough around here you'll find that only whites are racist and they are all racist against blacks. Basically, white people hate everyone else because they are scared of losing their privilege.

Or something along those lines.

Maybe I don’t want to live like them, let alone be expected to accept the values of the bottom rung of any race in America.

 

[Moot]

I recently watched a documentary were a white serial killer shot several blacks just because of their skin color. He chose his victims more or less randomly, without further reason. This was in the '70s of course, and times have changed since then. I realized that I saw several hate-crime reports like these, but I did't saw any were, for example, a black or hispanic deliberately would have killed white people because of their skin color.

So, is racism indeed a one-directional phenomenon, i.e. white->ethnic, or does it appear the other direction too?

I don't talk about white cops shot by members of ethnic groups in the course of police operations or pro Trump demonstrators during protests. But I explicitly refer to racist acts where whites were attacked and killed precisely because they are white and without any other reason. My consideration is that hate on the part of ethnic groups against whites may have increased exponentially since the left's relentless effort to create it.

Why are most serial killers white males? Why are most mass shooters white males?

You said it ethnic groups against whites happens often...so can you give some examples whites were killed precisely because they were white? How often does that happen compared to white on black/hispanic/muslim killings?

 

[philipp]

If you read enough around here you'll find that...

What are the facts?

 

[philipp]

Oppressed cannot oppress.

Sounds like stereotypical dogmatism. Do you really think that it is impossible that a non-white person attacks a white person?

 

[Aunt Antifa]

Sounds like stereotypical dogmatism. Do you really think that it is impossible that a non-white person attacks a white person?

You had the answer to your question, it’s why you cut off the rest of my post.

Reread or rephrase.


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[Aunt Antifa]

Maybe I don’t want to live like them, let alone be expected to accept the values of the bottom rung of any race in America.

Who is “them?”


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[noonereal]

I recently watched a documentary were a white serial killer shot several blacks just because of their skin color. He chose his victims more or less randomly, without further reason. This was in the '70s of course, and times have changed since then. I realized that I saw several hate-crime reports like these, but I did't saw any were, for example, a black or hispanic deliberately would have killed white people because of their skin color.

So, is racism indeed a one-directional phenomenon, i.e. white->ethnic, or does it appear the other direction too?

I don't talk about white cops shot by members of ethnic groups in the course of police operations or pro Trump demonstrators during protests. But I explicitly refer to racist acts where whites were attacked and killed precisely because they are white and without any other reason. My consideration is that hate on the part of ethnic groups against whites may have increased exponentially since the left's relentless effort to create it.

it is my experience the blacks are much more racist than whites.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

I recently watched a documentary were a white serial killer shot several blacks just because of their skin color. He chose his victims more or less randomly, without further reason. This was in the '70s of course, and times have changed since then. I realized that I saw several hate-crime reports like these, but I did't saw any were, for example, a black or hispanic deliberately would have killed white people because of their skin color.

So, is racism indeed a one-directional phenomenon, i.e. white->ethnic, or does it appear the other direction too?

I don't talk about white cops shot by members of ethnic groups in the course of police operations or pro Trump demonstrators during protests. But I explicitly refer to racist acts where whites were attacked and killed precisely because they are white and without any other reason. My consideration is that hate on the part of ethnic groups against whites may have increased exponentially since the left's relentless effort to create it.

Completely disingenuous pseudo intellectual bull**** masquerading as a legitimate premise for discussion. Looks like philipp has officially announced his bias and complete absence of credibility.

Welcome aboard. :roll:

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Maybe I don’t want to live like them, let alone be expected to accept the values of the bottom rung of any race in America.

Psst .... Race and values aren’t tied together at any point on the “ladder”.

 

[philipp]

You had the answer to your question, it’s why you cut off the rest of my post.
Reread or rephrase.

Oh, yes. You are right.
But I actually did't talked about systemic racism nor about oppression in my first post.

The left claims that systemic racism does exist. But laws apply to white people in the same way as to non-white, and the capitalist system can't discriminate because it seeks to maximize profit.

 

[Aunt Antifa]

Oh, yes. You are right.
But I actually did't talked about systemic racism nor about oppression in my first post.

The left claims that systemic racism does exist. But laws apply to white people in the same way as to non-white, and the capitalist system can't discriminate because it seeks to maximize profit.

Laws do not apply the white people the same way they apply to non-whites, and capitalism maximizes profit by exploitation of those on the bottom of it, which are non-whites.

 

[philipp]

it is my experience the blacks are much more racist than whites.

I've nothing against blacks, but you could be right because of the following reason:

White people are permanently confronted with the accusation of being racist. So there is much more pressure to be not racialist on white people than on non-white.
I think must people with ethical background do not even think about the issue if they have stereotypes or if they discriminate others.

 

[philipp]

Laws do not apply the white people the same way they apply to non-whites

Which laws?

 

[skeptic llc]

As others have said, it depends on how you define "racism" -- if you define it as hating, pre-judging, or treating differently based on race, then it's certainly multi-directional.

 

[philipp]

capitalism maximizes profit by exploitation of those on the bottom of it, which are non-whites.

Capitalism can't exploit anyone but this would require further explanation. I'll answer this as soon as I can...

 

[Craig234]

Was hatred between Nazis and Jews one-sided or bidirectional?

 

[Craig234]

Capitalism can't exploit anyone but this would require further explanation. I'll answer this as soon as I can...

Yes, it can. I'm not looking forward to a Libertarian ideological set of nonsense dogma.

 

[Craig234]

I've nothing against blacks, but you could be right because of the following reason:

White people are permanently confronted with the accusation of being racist. So there is much more pressure to be not racialist on white people than on non-white.
I think must people with ethical background do not even think about the issue if they have stereotypes or if they discriminate others.

One aspect of racism is simply, 'do people have hostility toward another race'. Another aspect of racism is, 'does one race have a lot more power, and use it against another race, regardless of feelings of hostility'.

I'm sure you can find a lot of black people with hostility to many white people. Not so much that you can find centuries of black people keeping white people down.

 

[Aunt Antifa]

Which laws?

Oh, geez, lemme look...oh - all of ‘em. Wow. What a racist ****hole we live in.

 

[Aunt Antifa]

Yes, it can. I'm not looking forward to a Libertarian ideological set of nonsense dogma.

He thinks I’m gonna read it. <snort>