Unfortunately, a popular view among black Americans is that reverse discrimination is a fiction invented by white people to thwart affirmative action and that it simply does not exist. Both views are wrong. Many blacks would like to overlook instances when affirmative action has been abused enough to make reverse discrimination a valid accusation. One of the reasons black people find it bizarre when whites talk about reverse discrimination is that it seems so utterly imbalanced, given the history of racial discrimination against minorities in America. A profound experience Being black in America, even if you are middle class or affluent, even if you are light-skinned, is a profoundly consuming experience.
Most whites have no idea how profound it is.
Blacks don't have to stop and think about race. Race defines so much about how and where we live, work and worship, it simply hovers over our daily lives. This does not mean blacks are in a constant death struggle with racist monsters. It does mean that we have to deal daily with nice, ordinary white people who never think in terms of race and get uncomfortable if it comes up, particularly if it puts them in a negative light. That's why many white people think a black person who functions, even for a moment, from within a racial context, is a racist.