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I do not deny racism happens to white people. I've seen it happen to my white mother. I've experienced racism from black girls for being half white.

I will never deny that racism happens to white people.

HOWEVER, racism against white people does not excuse racism against people of other ethnicities.

All too often I see this used as an argument. For example, people in my own family will act as if what happens to a white person is worse than what happens to someone of another ethnicity.

Here is what a conversation with them is like and why I find it hard to gather up the motivation to talk to them:

Me: Ah, that sucks. A Latino man was beat up by the cops around where I live because they thought he stole something from the store when it turned out he really didn't. It's disgusting that they even stooped so low to make racial slurs at him.

Family member: So!!! Look at this story about a white woman being shot by a black thug! No one is talking about that!!!

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like it's another way to tell me to shut up. I shouldn't talk about what happened to the Latino man simply because wrong was done to a white person. It almost feels like a cover up or a shield or like a "WE DON'T HAVE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS..."

Maybe more people would take racism against white people more seriously if more people didn't seem to want to use it as an excuse to ignore the problem of racism against people of different ethnicities.

I'll dumb this down for people with poor reading comprehension:

Yes, racism against white people is wrong.
No, not everyone who points out racism against white people use it as a shield. I'm not talking about those people.

Also, those who do use it as a shield only help the problem grow.

Erm...
No. They shouldn't forget the past. No one should forget the past. We learn about the past and we teach it to children so the past doesn't repeat itself. No, racism shouldn't happen to anyone, but things do happen because someone is black, Latino, or Asian.

Your post suggests that it doesn't.

...but the past can effect the present.

Shhh...you'll be called a racist! They'll say you hate white people!
Edit: Honestly, though, I'm not sure if I understand why prejudice against white people isn't considered racism like prejudice against others is. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I also don't understand it.

Do you think you can explain the difference between racism against non-white ethnicities and prejudice against whites, though? sweatdrop