...and no, I'm not white. Reverse racism = racism Actually, reverse racism = msicar. I am white, by the way. Affirmative action does not only work by race, look at how women were affected in the past 25-50 years. First, guys were ahead, but thanks to affirmative action related to sex, many males are found to be lagging behind because they know that many teachers are told to/want to favor the females. Also, there have been many occasions on which a male and a female have competed for the same job or college with the same qualifications, with the female being accepted purely because she is female. Affirmative action = bad