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CMV: You can be racist to white people

Recently, my elementary school going brothers were learning about racism and anti-racism in their schools. I asked the question - can you be racist towards white people? My youngest brother (age 11), thought about it and said no. My other younger brother (age 15) said yes. Naturally, this led to a good discussion and we all agreed that on principle you can be racist towards white people. 

We spoke about how marginalization exists beyond skin color - such as class and socioeconomic status. We talked about how imitating “rednecks”, “hillbillies”, “white trash” is similar to imitating Chinese people or Indian people. Or saying - “no whites allowed” in your restaurant is at the same level as saying “no Blacks” allowed. Which is why in my view - you can be racist towards white people.

I’m open to all perspectives, and want to see my viewpoint can be changed. I understand from grad school that people in power can always go back to their comfort of power and privilege and that allows any racist attitude to simply rub off their backs - but this is a viewpoint that I believe to be contrary to human experience. 

For context - I am brown, South Asian.
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1. This question is incredibly common in CMV. If you want some insightful answers, just search "racist to white people" in the delta search.
2. The long QAs almost inevitably end up being a definition debate. The definition debate takes the following form:  
Person A: Defines "racism" as prejudice + power as many people do, and then argues that the places where white people hold the power are places you can't be racist to white people.  
Person B. Defines "racism" as prejudice based on race only, as many people do, and then argues you CAN be racist to white people.