How do you deal with racist relatives ?

My partner is Hispanic and if my family were racist at all toward her, I would disown them. Thankfully, they're all as accepting as they are us being a same-sex couple. But like homophobia, racism is one of those things I never tolerate, not from anyone.

Huh, that's kind of a 180 isn't it?

observe their weakness and try not to be like her as you meet more people.

I tell them they are racist, don’t care who they are

Does she bother you about it a lot? 😥

Confront or ignore them. Either has always worked for me.

I disowned all of my racist relatives.

I don’t pay attention to it.

My MIL & I clash consistently because of derogatory terms, assumptions etc made about strangers based on their skin color. I don’t think there’s room for silence on important issues like this. You can’t change everyone’s opinions or behavior but you can expect that if you two differ on that issue that there’s no need to talk about it. If she feels the need to speak poorly of whoever then she’s giving the green light to speak up against that.

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I just ask them for their reasoning and assess the logic and then let them get on with their day. We need to stop pretending we are warriors fighting some injustice over social media. It is pathetic.