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Racism = prejudice + power
People of Color (POC) making prejudiced remarks about whites are not racist because whites have power, not POC. When whites make prejudiced comments about POC it is racist because Whites have power and POC don't. It's all about your position in the hierarchy. The same applies to class, patriarchy, imperialism and other hierarchies. There's a big difference between a worker making prejudiced comments about the ruling class and the ruling class making prejudiced comments about workers, or between Iraqis making anti-American remarks and Americans making anti-Iraqi remarks. Those in lower levels of the hierarchy are oppressed and are threatened by upper-level bigotry. Not so for those on the top - Americans can invade and oppress Iraqis but not vice versa. Whites have power and POC do not. There's a big difference between the two due to this power difference. Forming POC-only groups is no different from having unions or other groups that only accept workers. Forming white-only groups is like forming boss-only groups.