'''Reverse Racism''' is an accusation of racism where no racism exists. It is a unique and deliberate focus on race in an attempt to discredit others as racist while proclaiming to be above-it-all, neutral and nonbiasedunbiased. Others are unapologetic about racial bias, refering referring to groups whether guilty or innocent, as oppressors that need to be exposed. It is subtle in its use, reverse racism is considered hate speech and affects all races and religious groups, even gender.
==2008 Democratic Primaries==
*Democratic congressman from Georgia [[John Lewis]] drew a rhetorical line connecting McCain to the white segregationist [[Alabama]] [[governor]] [[George Wallace]] and, through Wallace, to the 1963 church bombing in [[Birmingham]] that killed four girls.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/10/12/john-lewis-smears-mccain-enabling-racist-violence-wapo-sugar-coats-it-bl John Lewis Smears McCain As Enabling Racist Violence; WaPo Sugar-Coats It In Blandness] NewsBusters.org, October 12, 2008</ref> Obama and the Democratic national party distanced themselves and gave no rebuke of or apologies for Lewis's comments to McCain.
*[[Washington Post]] editoraleditorial, "false claims that Obama is [[Muslim]], that he trained to overthrow the government and that he was educated in Wahhabi schools are a standard part of the political discussion. These fake stories come from voices on the ultra right that have dabbled in other forms of conspiracy, including classic [[anti-Semitism]]."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302173.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 McCain and the Raging Right] Washington Post, October 15, 2008</ref>
*The [[Associated Press]] claimed, "Even mentioning the association with Ayers, as Sarah Palin did in a speech earlier in the week, signifies a hidden 'racial tinge.'"<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/beck.issues/index.html Obama doesn't make you a racist] CNN, October 9, 2008</ref>
*In a statement Obama repeated three times, he said what George Bush and John McCain are "going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he’s not patriotic enough. He’s got a funny name. You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills." Neither has done any such thing, of course. McCain has distanced himself from attacks with the remotest hint of racial undertones.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjI2NzFlYzZmNDRiNzkyNzU1YzJiZWZhYmFlNmJkYmQ= Obama’s Racism Card] NationalReviewOnline, August 1, 2008</ref> McCain's campaign made a small ad with Obama about Obamas giant ego, his image on Mt. Rushmore and the hundred dollar bill a month prior to . Obama neutralized the criticism by claiming the quoteego attack ads are racist. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTJDv4hevU John McCain's Youtube Account]</ref>
*In an editorial titled McCain unleashes the 'kooks', ''"Are we witnessing the re-emergence of the far right as a power in American politics? Has John McCain, inadvertently perhaps, become the midwife of a new movement built around [[fear]], [[xenophobia]], racism and [[anger]]?"'' Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. <ref>[http://www.ohio.com/editorial/commentary/30993754.html McCain unleashes the 'kooks'] Washington Post, October 15, 2008</ref>
==Republican African-Americans==
As reverse racism, liberals will purposesly purposely slight African-American Republicans on character and old stereotypes. Notable politicians and judges, such as [[Michael Steele]] and [[Clarence_Thomas]] have been maliciously attacked in this way. In a Washington Times article, Michael Steele of Maryland "....pelting him with Oreo cookies during a campaign appearance, calling him an “Uncle Tom” and depicting him as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log. Operatives for the [[Democratic]] Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) also obtained a copy of his credit report — the only [[Republican]] candidate so targeted. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2005/11/02/the-vile-bile-we-have-to-put-up-with/ THE VILE BILE WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH] Michelle Malkin, November 2, 2005</ref> [[Whoopi Goldberg]] delighted the Manhattan [[liberal]] theatre crowd with a little Clarence Thomas-bashing while hosting the Tony Awards on CBS. Typically, she suggested that Justice Thomas wasn't really a black man, to laughter and applause. <ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/06/16/whoopi-jokes-tony-awards-clarence-thomas-isnt-black Whoopi Jokes at Tony Awards That Clarence Thomas Isn't Black] NewsNusters.org, June 16, 2008</ref>
==Anti-Semitism==