Wow. @BryanLunduke is now taking out of context quotes without linking to the source and crafting a fear-mongering narrative that white men are experiencing racism and sexism.

No one has spoken up about racism and sexism against white men because that *does not exist*.

Links to these tweets: https://twitter.com/BryanLunduke/status/1194670376283860993

https://twitter.com/BryanLunduke/status/1194703646132359168

It's extremely important to understand what these words mean before even entering a conversation about them.

What is -ism? This suffix comes to English from the Latin -ismus, which means "taking side with". This is why this word is typically associated with ideologies.

We have seen this word come to be used to describe specific behaviors, but the idea of movements and systems is not lost. For the behavior to be an -ism it must be based on a grand narrative, ie, it must be systemic in its ideas.

In 1970, Developing New Perspectives on Race was published. In this book, Dr. Patricia Bidol-Padva qualifies racism as prejudice AND power. As must be true for all -isms, there must be the capacity to spread the greater narrative.

Race becomes such a fantastic way to illustrate how the capacity to do harm and to both cause and control inequity, because race itself only exists because of racism. One thing I read consistently in racist rhetoric, is that scientifically race does not *really* exist.

In the 13th centuries, many of the world's slaves were Irishmen and impoverished Englishmen. That is, slaves in English households were primarily white. In the 17th century, poor white people began to rebel against their governments, and thus the colonies determined that -

white people did not make very good slaves, as they demanded freedoms and privileges of their upper class counterparts. Colonial leaders, who had since discovered African tribes, could see that African labor would be a buffer between poor white folks and the upper class folks.

As the need for labor grew, and the resistance of poor white Europeans rose with that growth, Colonizers saw an opportunity to exploit the work ethic, strength, and immunities of the Africans as their salvation. They believed their survival was linked to free African labor.

Toward the end of the 18th century, these ideas were spread rapidly with propaganda that the African, who up until this time was revered in positively in literature and in correspondence, was suited physically for slavery, & using images depicting them as inferior intellectually.

The African as a God-given slave image was used to squash anti-slavery movements focused on freeing impoverished Europeans, and turned anti-slavery rhetoric into arguments that defended the institution of slavery. It was at this time that Colonizers found it necessary to begin -

classifying humans in ideological way in order to uphold the institution of slavery needed for Colonial leaders to both stay in power and flourish with free laborers. The ideology of racism, then, was born, and at this point in history, we start to see the first historical -

references to "race". Inequality and segregation were chief components to this ideology, as it was imperative to dehumanize the Africans and simultaneously re-humanize the impoverished European in order for Colony leaders to develop a system of financial wealth and power that -

could stand up against generational wealth and power of those times - familial royalty. Birthright was one of the only ways during this time Europeans could enter into wealth and power, so they created a new birthright in royalty's place... race.

Once social differentiation based on skin pigment became a fixture of the Colonies, it was no longer just black slaves that were seen as inferior, but free black folks as well. Once we get to American slavery, it is clear that black folks were merely thought of as property.

"Race is the child of racism, not the father." - @TaNehisiCoats, author "Between the World and Me".

An -ism is an ideology. Racism was crafted by Europeans to exploit human labor for concentrated wealth and power. Race is a classification *only* due to the existence of racism.

Slavery was not abolished until 1865. Segregation was not outlawed until 1964. Rampant racism still exists, a mere 55 years later.... of course it does. It would be ridiculous to believe otherwise.

So no, white people are not the victims of racism.

The capacity to cause harm to the group you believe is being discriminated against is necessary to form an -ism. We can barely get major class people to be accountable for their actions, let alone could the entire class of people be oppressed based on uncivil words.

Fredrickson, G. M. 1987. The Black Image in the White Mind. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press.

Smedley, A. 1993 (1999). Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview. Boulder: Westview Press.

Stepan, Nancy. 1982. The Idea of Race in Science. London: Macmillan.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. 2015. Between the World and Me. Spiegel & Grau.

Kendi, Ibram X. 2016. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. Bold Type Books

Bidol, Pat. A. 1972. Developing New Perspectives on Race: An Innovative Multi-media Social Studies Curriculum in Racism Awareness for the Secondary Level