Elissa Renee

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People of color may also hold prejudices and discriminate against white people, but they lack the social and institutional power that transforms their prejudice and discrimination into racism; the impact of their prejudice on whites is temporary and contextual. Whites hold the social and institutional positions in society to infuse their racial prejudice into the laws, policies, practices, and norms of society in a way that people of color do not.
Elissa Renee
Therefore, reverse racism against white people in America isn’t a thing.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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