Can someone experience racism if they’re apart of the majority and benefit from systematic racism?

Question

I’m Hispanic, and a lot of my white friends who live in America says they’ve experienced racism, and I don’t see how? Prejudice? Yes. Racism? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Answer

Racism isn’t a super complex concept, but it is more involved than getting your feelings hurt... and that is something that a lot of white America struggles to understand. I’ve also seen people struggle with the concept of multiple types of oppression? They’ll conflate classism and racism, and wonder “well i grew up poor and I’m white, so racism can’t be real right?”

Answer

To start, I am a POC.
Racism can be directed toward any ethnicity or “race” (I, personally, believe there is only one race: human)
If someone is directing prejudice or discrimination towards someone based on there race, it is racism. 
However, systematic and institutionalized racism cannot/doesn’t occur towards a majority with power.
Therefore, white people can experience racism. However, they CANNOT experience institutional or systematic racism because they are a majority with power.
I have many many POC family members and friends. Many of there responses towards white people are racist. If someone said/did what they did towards a POC, it would be called racism. 
White people do not face racism in the US nearly as much as POC, and they definitely do not face systematic racism. Thus, it is inappropriate for white’s to assume they understand the racism and injustice that affects POC. Furthermore, they should not use their experiences to diminish the cause many POC are fighting for in regards to racism. I appreciate all white individuals who stand behind POCs and treat them with respect and humanity and fight against injustice.

Answer

No, not in the way you’re describing it

Can someone experience racism if they’re apart of the majority and benefit from systematic racism?

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