White Republicans and Southern evangelicals are most likely to claim reverse racism, but not because of a common ideology.
Researchers from the US found these groups act as regional communities for racially disgruntled whites.
Researchers suggest that by serving as a haven for disadvantaged whites, the Republican Party outside the South may occupy the same “institutional niche” the evangelical church fills in the South.
Andrew Smith
Education Consultant at Australian & International Education Centre
It's both a fascinating phenomenon and observed often, e.g. in the US nativist John Tanton, his Social Contract Press and related white nationalist network fronts posing as citizens concerned for population, immigration and environment (too numerous to mention).
They have been exposed by various environmental, social justice etc. groups as being more concerned about race than the environment, and keeping the status quo.
In general they use the school yard or cult tactic of targeting and vilifying…
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There is no such thing as 'reverse racism'. There is only racism.
Even the phrase 'reverse racism' is racist, because it suggests that only white people (in this case) can be racist, and if a black person is discriminatory against a white person then that is something different. It isn't.
Andrew Smith
Education Consultant at Australian & International Education Centre
Think the context of the article suggests in the US and elsewhere there are claims of anti white racism, yet racism had been legal, systematic and structural, among colonialists etc. against slaves, indigenous people etc.
Removal of racist legislation etc. has only been relatively recent e.g. white Australia policy, segregation in the USA, acknowledgement of indigenous Australians etc.
Of course reverse happens e.g. Zimbabwe, yet one is a bit cynical of e.g. a particular News Corp journalist of comfortable middle class background in Sydney some years ago claiming racism against whites based upon anecdotal evidence and personal opinions (beliefs).
Seems more about not having to acknowledge that racism exists, e.g. "I'm not racist but....." then complaining about "others"
Stephen John Ralph
carer
Can a country preserve the staus quo and still move forward?
At some point too many migrants must become too many for sustainability.......water, food, social cohesion etc.
But given world population demographics and instability, migration will probably one of the major tipping points in the global arena.
Andrew Smith
Education Consultant at Australian & International Education Centre
Not sure what you mean?
There are groups promoting sustainable population, etc. at best based upon vague cherry picked statistical correlation, which is not evidence.
Worse are similar who base similar claims upon beliefs, opinions and personal prejudices.
Worst are those proposing eugenics and/or apartheid type systems reminiscent of 1930s Germany.