Hi. My parents were talking about a news story and the topic of race came up and my parents views on race are sketchy, at best. My mom said something disgusting as did my dad, and it made me very upset. Is there anything I can say to them to educate them? Does your family have sketchy views on race?
P.S. Both my parents are 70.
Don’t confront them directly on it, it will cause them to dig their heels in.
I would just send them agitprop, like if the news article comes out about how X race has Y disadvantage. Frame it that the reason racism exists is because the wealthy elites want to keep us all in line and keep their pockets full.
A lot of people are racist and don’t even realize it because we have grown up and been raised in a racist place.
I tried to explain that how capitalism is the reason african americans are struggling, but they didn’t seem to get it.