Related to a Racist
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- locustsloth0
To answer the OP, it's probably not worth your while to counter racist sentiment in the family unless one or more of the following conditions is present:
1) They are spouting "facts" that you can somewhat easily refute. It won't stop them, but it'll make them stumble if you can point to a hard cold fact that counters hwat they are saying
2) They are ignorantly racist. As in they honestly think what they are saying isn't mean spirited or is just common thought. This happens with older more well meaning people who just grew up in a different time and may not have heard any other perspective
3) You don't care if you get in a screaming match that won't end with compromise and may end in you not speaking to select portions of your family for an indefinite amount of timeMy half-brothers are the kind of mild racist that just throw out an errant thought from time to time and when pressed on it, will either brush the matter away or back down from their position.
- locustsloth is it better to say nothing at all or to say something even if it's a simple as "i don't like that"ohhhhhsnap
- i'd certainly voice my displeasure at them saying it.i was more talking about trying to change their mind/actionslocustsloth