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Essay / The Pros and Cons of Reverse Racism - 710
The overwhelming majority would say that only racism exists in America. In fact, most would say it started in America. However, how can we as a society address, educate and create equal environments for all? As the father of a black child and previously married to a black woman, I thought racism was a dying topic and ideology. However, as modern times progress, we see an abundance of double standards and reverse racism. Reverse racism was adapted as a way to combat racism in the United States. According to Grutter VS Bollinger, “Reverse racism is a condition in which discrimination, sometimes officially sanctioned, against a dominant (or formerly dominant) racial group or other group representative of the majority in a particular country . This is when reverse racism played a major role in the country. According to the Washington Times, "election problems surfaced Tuesday morning in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, with Republican election observers turned away from polling places and members of the New Black Panther Party appearing at polling sites." vote in Philadelphia. In 2012, black men specifically targeted the white population. According to the Washington Times, a civil case has been filed. » President George W. Bush's Justice Department filed a civil complaint against three Black Panthers – Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson – accusing them of violating voters' rights through the use of coercion . , threats and intimidation. The Obama administration later dismissed most of the case, even though the Black Panthers did not contest the charges. This article is from 2012, it clearly shows the racism of black people. Imagine the outrage if the KKK stood in front of a Democratic voting booth with batons. The only reason these individuals got away with it was because of reverse racism. As U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions said, “Empathy for one party is always bias, but none of that has solved the problems of the black community.” As Martin Luther King said: When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to hasten that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last!” free at last! Thank God, Almighty, we are finally free! “Free at last” MLK said and he didn’t mean free from slavery, he meant free from evil. Removing flags or important structures only benefits certain parties, which is why we see division rather than love. we begin to label black lives matter as a hate group because they openly advocate the killing of white people and officers over the spreading of love and truth. “Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and lies can only be maintained by violence. "-Alexander Solzhenitsyn. If we continue to allow evil to alter our thoughts, actions, and livelihoods, it will lead to apathy and