When
people want to talk about anti-white racism, they use
various ways to do so. English speaking people will talk
about either "anti-white racism" or "reverse
racism". They have actually a third way which is
not much used: albophobia,
a scientific word about the irrationnal fear toward white
people. it is made from the latin root Albus
(white) and the greek root Phobos (fear) but
it is seldom if ever used. you might take into account
a fourth way, when anti-white is spelled antiwhite.
A good way to evaluate the use of such expressions is
to do keyword searches in the Google Search Engine and
see how many pages are found.

All
these designations to talk about anti-white racism are
very telling of the confusion people feel when they want
to talk about this matter. However, expressions such as
reverse racism are not only an improper way to
talk about anti-white racism but they are actually
damaging for people of European Descent.
Why ?
Generally,
we only hear about white racism while other kinds
of racism - especially anti-white racism
- are getting few coverage. This has gradually shaped
the idea that only whites are racists or that they are
more racist than other racial groups. However, this isn't
true. In the U.S. FBI Statistics on hate crime show, for
exemple, that Whites are under-represented as hate crime
perpetrators compared to their share of the population
. Black people are over represented as hate crime perpetrators
compared to their share of the population, and overwelmingly
so when in comes to inter-racial crimes.
The
unique and deliberate focus of anti-racist organisations
and the media on White hate crimes, while other
displays of hate crime - and interracial crimes - tend
to be minimised or denied, has created the perception
that there is a norm, a reference, a general rule in racism:
racism is a "white thing".
The
expression "reverse racism" reflects
this. It implies also that there is a "norm",
a "direction" in racism and that it is some
white people's racial hostility toward other ethnic groups,
that Whites are allways the "racists", while
people belonging to other ethnic or racial groups are
allways the "victims". The expression "reverse
racism" not only gives a validation to this
idea but by using it, people who may want to denounce
anti-white racism are spreading it.
There
is no "norm" in racism and Whites don't hold
a monopoly on racism.The fact that so many people - most
of them Whites - are using expressions like "reverse
racism" shows that they have learnt from the
anti-racist discourse this racist - this anti-white -
prejudice.
Anti-white
racism isn't a "reverse racism"; it is a
specific and distinct kind of racism.
In
the english speaking world wide web, statistics highlights
a disturning trend: a Google search shows that 85,74%
% of english speaking web pages mentionning the
topic of anti-white racism actually use the wrong
expression "reverse racism", therefore
helping spread the idea that the norm and reference in
racism is some white people's racism. Only 14,26
% of english speaking web pages mentionning the
topic of anti-white racism are using the proper
expression anti-white racism, its misspelled
form antiwhite racism or albophobia

Yet,
this is an improvment compared to 2 years ago. Back then,
96.72 % of english speaking web pages
mentionning the topic of anti-white racism used the wrong
expression "reverse racism", therefore helping
to spread the idea that the norm and reference in racism
is some white people's racism. Only 3.28 %
of english speaking web pages mentionning the topic of
anti-white racism used the proper expression anti-white
racism, its misspelled form antiwhite racism or albophobia.
English speakers seem to have become more efficient when
they talk about anti-white racism.

For
French speaking people, the situation is quite different.
keyword search show that appropriate expressions to mention
anti-white racism are more frequent, amouting now to 97,48
% for 2,52 % of unappropriate
expressions.

That
is a remarquable increase : in march 2005 , a keyword
search showed that french appropriate expressions to mention
anti-white racism amouted to 64.07 %
for 35.93 % of unappropriate expressions.

If
the trends in labeling anti-white racism are important,
this is because anti-white racism, while its
victims are numerous and very real, is a seldom talked
about topic.
Between
2005 and 2007, The number of pages taking properly about
anti-white racism has increased by a factor of 34, while
the number of pages using the "reverse racism"
expression has increased only by a factor of 6. During
the same period, The number of pages about racism has
inceased by a factor of 5 and those about anti-semitism
by a factor of 6.
However,
because there are still few pages about anti-white racism.
Out a total number of web pages mentionning either "racism",
"anti-semitism" or anti-white racism , the web
pages mentionning anti-white racism account is
a mere 0.51 % of the total number, a
slight increase from 0.36 % in 2005.
But unfortunatly for english speakers, the majority of
these pages -roughly 85 % -currently reinforce a racial
prejudice against whites while they seek to denounce it.

For
the French language, between 2005 and 2007, The number
of pages taking properly about anti-white racism has increased
by a factor of 51, while the number of pages using the
"reverse racism" expressions has increased only
by a factor of 2. During the same period, The number of
pages about racism has increased by a factor of 10 and
those about anti-semitism by a factor of 5.
Out
a total number of web pages mentionning either "racism",
"anti-semitism" or anti-white racism , the web
pages mentionning anti-white racism account for
0.81 % of the total number, an increase
from 0.2 % in 2005. 97 %
of these pages now use the appropriate expression.

***
The
conclusion is that there is good to be said for both english
speaking people and for french speaking people : both
are improving the way they talk about anti-white racism
and they talk more about it than they use to. Proportionally
to the amount available of pages about racism on the internet,
French speaking people, however, now tend to talk more
about anti-white racism than english speaking people and
they do so more efficiently, in a way that identify them
as a specific group and does not relay racial prejudices
toward Whites.
With
few pages mentionning the topic of anti-white racism,
can those who are concerned about it afford to use an
improper expression that reinforce racial prejudices?
There is certainly a need to raise awareness about this
problem and it certainly belongs to every one. It is important
to use the proper expressions like"anti-white
racism" or "anti-white discrimination"
"anti-white slurs" "anti-white
attitude" because they do not convey a racial
prejudice toward Whites. It actually helps to identify
a specific kind of racism. Also, it clearly identifies
Whites as an ethnic or racial group with a distinct identity
and sense of purpose.
A
good beginning to combat the spread of anti-white stereotypes
by the well meaning people who actually want to denounce
this problem is to writte to journalists, columnists or
webmasters who are using the "reverse racism"
expression. It is to post a reply on internet forums whenever
this expression is used. As the french exemple shows,
it is possible to change the way we talk about anti-white
racism. That's an important first step.
But it's also important for each and everyone to raise
awareness about anti-white racism. it might be, for a
webmaster, to devote a webpage of his website as an educationnal
effort about this matter or even better, to create a specific
page about anti-white racism to increase informations
on this matter available on the internet.
The
statistics mentionned above show there is much catching
up to do, but also that some catching up can be done !
A
good start to fight anti-white racism is, obviously, to
change the way we talk about it !
www.google.com
keyword search results - |
03/25/2005 |
03/26/2007 |
Increase
as multiples |
| French
Keywords |
|
|
|
| "racisme" |
1
090 000 |
10
600 000 |
x
10 |
| "antisémitisme" |
431
000 |
1
900 000 |
x
4 |
| "anti-sémitisme" |
25
100 |
135
000 |
x
5 |
| "racisme
anti-blanc" |
1
540 |
82
900 |
x
54 |
| "racisme
antiblanc" |
409 |
11
200 |
x
27 |
| "racisme
à l'envers" |
462 |
674 |
x
1 |
| "racisme
à rebours" |
436 |
907 |
x
2 |
| "racisme
inversé" |
204 |
993 |
x
5 |
| "albophobie" |
16 |
5
650 |
x
353 |
| English
Keywords |
|
|
|
| "racism" |
6
570 000 |
34
000 000 |
x
5 |
| "anti-semitism" |
1
290 000 |
1
450 000 |
x
1 |
| "antisemitism" |
397
000 |
2
210 000 |
x
6 |
| "reverse
racism" |
28
800 |
165
000 |
x
6 |
| "anti-white
racism" |
802 |
27
000 |
x
34 |
| "antiwhite
racism" |
164 |
298 |
x
2 |
| "albophobia" |
10 |
144 |
x
14 |