I have family members that have very strong opinions about race. I rarely get into any conversation with them about this. Just set and let them rant, and can see the fear in what they are saying. I do not try to "educate" them on this belief, as it is thiers. I do not let it take ahold of me, or go into my feelings. I try not to judge them, but I do. So in some ways that makes me no different than them. I judge thier racism, and judging is judging and so on and so on. I have been on this earth long enough to know my harmony is within and hopefully it spills over into my outer world.
So my thing is to let people be who they are. I do not asscoiate with them very much as this is just one of many things that we do not agree on. I could get into some very large debate with them, but for me, the bottom line is they never asked to be taught another way to see things. It is not for me to change their way of seeing the world, I can only hope they see some example I set. If not, well, I don't have to be them, and I am being true to myself by not making it a big thing for me to pontificate about.
Live and let live.
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