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Originally Posted by Motts
Unfortunately, once a person is racist they tend to stay that way no matter what interventions take place to school the racist on why their language and beliefs are so misguided. I couldn't convince my grandparents that black people were just like white people. My grandmother returned my Christmas gifts that I gave to her for Christmas, after I introduced my black boyfriend to my parents and grandparents on Christmas Eve. Eventually, she came around after my dad confronted her for her behavior, but she was still a racist. Once a racist, always a racist.
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That's what I faced, but not by my parents. My father was a financial advisor and at that time he called on all kinds of different business owners. I ended up meeting people that were all different and they were all respected and treated the same. I was not prepared for what I ended up experiencing. My parents were friends with individuals that were of different religions, followed different political views, and I got comfortable meeting all different kinds of people that were nice. They had no problem with me being friends with Linda, and they were good friends with a Jewish family and they were THE nicest people. While my mother did tell me things, somehow I was simply not prepared for how people really were, perhaps I just thought people were more like my parents, well, I learned they were NOT.
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Eventually, she came around after my dad confronted her for her behavior, but she was still a racist. Once a racist, always a racist
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Sigh, you are younger than me so you did not experience things I experienced. Yet, there is some "truth" to what you say here. And sometimes "yes" a person is confronted for things they say, but every now and then they slip and revert even with a "I own you" sentiment. It's hard seeing things others don't and knowing things by living it and remembering when others might not realize it.
Last but not least, my parents were in fact Republicans and they were the least racist prejudice people I knew. There are many times however, I see or hear people say "those Republicans are so racist". That infamous sentiment of ALL X'S ARE". And I know first hand that is simply not true. In fact, this entire "all X's are" sentiment is what's wrong. I find it triggering that I somehow can't say I don't like a certain person because and am suddenly an offense either or am trying to push something "other" on someone.