Now I'm Getting PMs About How "Reverse Racism" Exists

Arggh.

The difference, guys?

The entire society is open to white people. Virtually nothing is denied to white people because of their skin color. Incidents of white people being discriminated against for skin color tend to be both fleeting and personal. Incidents of POC's being discriminated against, violated, brutalized, sidelined, ignored and vilified are INSTITUTIONAL and ONGOING and accepted as the societal 'norm.' People sigh wistfully, remembering the days of slavery and genocide, and no one bats an eye. Our history is full of it to its bones, and it continues to this day in our politics, media, and national dialogue.

I am not an expert in these matters. Far, far, far from it. I don't want to lecture anyone and virtually ANYONE IN THE WORLD probably can speak with more eloquence and authority on this topic than I could.

But conflating some incident, even a serious one, with institutionalized racism that POC people face their entire lives in wildly diverging circumstance, that's just shameful.