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Please remain civil. This is a serious question.

I am a white male. I live in the United States and I do not believe in racism or discrimination at all.

As a white male, who presumably benefits from white privledge, i was mildly offended recently when I heard multiple references to White Boys, crackers etc. When I searched online to try to determine if this was considered racism I found little substance referencing racism against whites. When I raised the topic with a non white freind, they informed me that it was ok. That because of white privledge and the fact that whites are predominantly in power in the United States, that for white people to be offended by racism directed at them was the same as undermining the black lives matter movement by saying that all lives matter. In this I simply don’t agree. I believe in the black lives matter movement, but I simply don’t feel that racism is justified in any way. Thoughts and opinions please.

I have no idea what raxism is, but racism is wrong no matter against which race it is directed. To say otherwise would actually be racist in itself.
However, not all discrimination is racism. Like say you want to help marginalised groups in society (like black people in the US) reach a more proportionate representation in that society, it would be okay when you have a job opportunity to discriminate against members of the dominant group (white people in the US) and favour minority candidates. That would be discrimination, but it would not be a racist kind of discrimination.
However, a black person insulting a white person on basis of their race would be a racist kind of discrimination, and that is just as deplorable as the reverse.

Also, I think a little bit of politically incorrect humour every now and then is good for letting of steam. You know, as long as the humour is derived from the incorrectness of it, and not just a way to insult others.

As a survival mechanism yes, in modern society no.

Let's just not do this here, there's no way this ends with anything other than a thread lock and a heap of warnings. Thanks