Meaning of reverse racism | Babel Free

Definitions

Racism against the racial majority (either a member or group of that majority or the majority in general).

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The unassailable statements that Indians are as good as we are, and better in some respects, and that their tribal ways are an important American value, shade imperceptibly into reverse racism: Indians are better than we are, in all respects, and their tribal ways will save and redeem us.”

“By claiming that meritocratic judgments trump egalitarian efforts to produce tangible results, neoconservatives cast affirmative action policies as multiracial reverse racism and the major cause of racial divisiveness and low black self-esteem...”

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