I don't have the sociological definition of racism at my fingertips, but IIRC it includes the need for a power imbalance, which is generally why people push back when folks say that minority groups can be racist against against white people. Our entire country was (arguably still is to a large degree) set up to where there is a huge power imbalance in favor of white people.

If you just want to make the very real point that white people are victims of bigotry also sometimes, rather than get into this repetitive debate about whether there can be racism against white people, IMO you can just say "bigotry" or "racial prejudice" and carry the same message you intend to without having to have this tired debate about whether white people can experience racism.

Unless you aren't tired of the tired debate, but I know I sure am.

No you said reverse racism is a thing

It's not.

Because that implies racism only works from white->non-white. Which definitionally, is not true. This entire concept is itself, racist.

The actual reverse if racism would be like... Super equitable treatment of everyone, it someone. Not swapping the direction of races doing the biggoting.

If that had been your point, you would never have felt it necessary to say that "reverse" racism is a thing.

That's definitely a thing: fetishizing people because of their race or some other characteristic

I know that's a thing, but would you call that "reverse racism"? That's the point I was trying to make, that such a term is ridiculous.

you are confusing racism and prejudice, but from your doubling down, seems like you're confused quite often.

You don't have to be rude, they are literally using the word racism as defined by dictionaries. There are two separate definitions usually listed, one is belief in a races superiority over others, the other is the systemic bias against a racial group. Since 2020 at least it's been common that people have used it to mean specifically only the second definition and use other terms like racial prejudice for things like prejudice against white people but it's used that way still plenty.