Then yeah, discrimination is discrimination.

It’s about how one person treats another.

But when people talk about racism, they’re talking about how society treats a person based on their race.

Still no reverse, but different races are treated differently by the same society. So racism against an Asian, someone Black, and someone European would all be different in the same society. It’s all bad, but rarely all equally as bad.

There is “institutional racism” and that is how the group in power treats people outside of their race. That’s the only time “reverse” needs added. But that’s when other races believe it’s racial when most of the time it’s about wealth.

“I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it,” he said. “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/

LBJ wasn’t saying that as a plan, he was commenting on why Republicans were latching on to racism.