[Susan27488]

How do people deal with prejudiced members of their own family? For instance, no matter how many times my mother and I tell him that ‘colored’ is an inappropriate term for black people, that’s the term my father uses. The man isn’t stupid, and there’s nobody else in the room but family when he says it, so he’s not insulting anyone to their face. He just doesn’t care enough to be bothered to remember. He’s in his 70s and nothing my mother or I say is likely to change his attitude. Do I stick up for principle, let it go on the grounds life is too short to have futile fights with my father, or make a token resistance to show I don’t approve and then let it go? I usually do the third, but I’m interested in others’ feelings and experiences concerning this type of situation.
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Name : Susan27488, Gender : F, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, 

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