Racism is defined as “a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.”

Before people get upset and say things such as “I can’t talk about this because I’m white,” let’s get one thing straight: Unless we talk about these issues they will never be fully addressed.

We live in a racially divided society. Modern generations have decided to divide us even further with politically correct language, safe spaces, and race divides have turned into political ones as well. For example, when I finally told people I was a Republican, they automatically assumed I was a racist. Also, there's the idea that one cannot discuss race issues because they personally haven’t been through it.

The idea of reverse racism has come about as a term used when a minority group targets and discriminates against white people in America. The outright stupidity of this is the fact that in creating this term, minorities have said that racism against white people cannot truly be racism.

If you refer to my opening statement, the definition of racism, you can plainly see the hypocrisy.

My friend Kenny and I were discussing an article we had found, “Individually, anyone and everyone can experience racism. That’s like when people were saying that it wasn’t a hate crime when those black kids kidnapped that white disabled boy and beat him on Facebook Live.” She went on to say, “I feel like if you tell a white person that they can’t experience racism and only minorities can, that’s damaging because you’re literally completely disregarding that person’s struggle.”