So not a hate crime?

[kandrathe]

Mostly, I am concerned with the first 2 paragraphs of the Wiki link for my purposes, and not so much with the links within them which may or may not align with my main argument. Also, the first link I provided with the 7 myths of "reverse racism", are pretty concrete in backing up my main argument that reverse racism is essentially, a myth.

Racism and discrimination indeed are two similar and related concepts, but they have some very important differences. Racism is always systemic and institutional, whereas discrimination need not be. Further, discrimination is a far broader term that can have implications other than race, such as gender, class, disability, etc. Generally, it is more action based than racism. Racist institutions are generally what give discriminatory acts their traction by creating power relations between different races in society - in America's case, the superiority of whites over non-whites.

In majority versus minority situations, the ruling majorities use of powers defined by race against those racial minorities is simply racist. In the case of Robert Mugabe, and Zimbabwe, the states policies are by definition of them being based upon race, racist against white farmers.

It is still racist even if they believe it to be justified, in this case, where the majority is angry about colonialism, and white racism from a century ago. It also smacks of scapegoating befitting a fascist dictatorship.

There is no "reverse" racism, since racism is simply when race used to discriminate against those of another race by those in a position of power. In the Chicago case, the four black people were in a position of power over their captive. They abused him because he was white, and they had grievances against white people, in particular grievances against Mr. Trump.