stayarctic:

theracismrepellent:

stayarctic: This is to everyone that supports the end to racism but who, for some reason, believes “reverse racism” doesn’t matter or exist. I had a small conversation with my school’s custodian/hall monitor (who is African American) the other day. I asked him what he thought about “reverse racism” (racism towards those with privilege in the U.S., usually whites). He said something so simple, yet it seems so hard for most of Tumblr to grasp. “Racism is racism, period.“ Please, stop making the excuse that you can be rude to others about their race, just because they’re not black. Just be nice to everyone. It’s not hard. And just so you know, “cracker” comes from the word “whip-cracker” during the slave days. So yeah, stop using that. "Just be nice to everyone. It’s not hard.”



Tell that to your ancestors because no one here is here for your ignorance. Reverse racism doesn’t exist, it doesn’t matter. Ask yourself these question:



“Is it because I’m white?”



Wait…you never have to ask yourself this question because you’re privileged as FUCK.



So tell this crap to your fellow white people being racist and treating us like 2nd class citizens and your ancestors that killed off everybody. And stop thinking that just because one black person says something, that’s the central idea that we all think.



~Tae

Tae, I’m very sorry that my post offended you. I wasn’t trying to undermine racism towards African Americans in any way. I was only trying to explain that racism is horrible, no matter who it’s directed towards.

I was not talking about “my ancestors.” I’m talking about people in today’s world. We should be intelligent enough to know that it’s wrong to treat someone differently due to their race. All I said was that it’s wrong to do so; to any race.

I understand that racism towards African Americans is a hundred million times more common, intense, and just overall awful. I could never understand what it’s like to be discriminated in such a way just because of my skin color.

However, I can’t take someone seriously when they try to be an activist against racism, but at the same time go around calling whites “crackers” and enforcing silly stereotypes.

You know what? I will tell this crap to white people being racist toward African Americans. Because my sole point was to tell people not to be racist towards anyone.

And of course I know that the opinion of one person does not speak for an entire race. I only added the fact that he’s African American into my post because I didn’t want anybody to think “oh, just two whiteys talking about how awful reverse racism is.” I wanted to share that I tried to get an opinion from someone on the other side of things.

So again, I’m really sorry if I offended you in any way. I really believe that just being nice to everyone isn’t hard, and this should not be an exception to anybody.