In the article “Storytelling the Myth of Reverse Racism” by Kevin Stainback discusses the so-called reverse racism towards white individuals. Stainback includes a personal situation where he encounters another white individual, like himself, who would share stories with him as they were similar. As they discovered that he is a sociologist, normally, the stories would shift to affirmative action, race, and employment. The conversation would focus on white men’s being pushed behind blacks and referring to the situation as reverse racism. Stainback discusses that although the affirmative action is meant to ban discrimination, the discussion would focus on minorities receiving more advantages, while whites receiving less. However, reverse racism…show more content… In today’s economy, whites continue to receive advantages that are not even given to the minorities. They continue to be guaranteed a work position compared to a minority person. In addition, the affirmative action actually helped the whites gain an upper hand in the workforce and they hold even better jobs than the minorities. So, where is the reverse racism occurring? According to Nancy DiTomaso, a Distinguished Professor of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School—Newark and New Brunswick, whites tend to have better social networks that allow them to find opportunities for themselves. However, these networks do not extend to the minorities, which does not allow them much resources to actually find opportunities for themselves. This indicates that whites have an advantage within the workforce as they would rely on their networks to connect them to jobs compared to minorities. DiTomaso also mentions how the white working class saw the civil rights movement as “an expansion of the number of people looking…good jobs”. It explains that whites would rather not have this movement as it destroys their chances of a good job, which refers back to colorblind
