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Words Against Hate, The Blog, Page 82

Hear something racist, what do you do?

Verbal self-defense: why do we need it? Silence in the face of cruelty or misinformation communicates that this kind of conversation is normal and acceptable. If you don’t call out a racist, sexist, or otherwise discriminatory comment, you are silently accepting it. The more silence, the more the speaker feels …