Dad I know you weren’t racist because you left you parents and made it clear you were going to live your life your way. I’m proud of you and I want you know you set a very good example for you kids taking the bold stance you took, standing up to your father. He’s not easy to stand up to that’s for sure. Shawn trust me it’s not just poor white people who harbor racist views. There are plenty of well-off ones who do as well. Indifference is worse than being an open racist. To know it’s happening, know some of the things you do make it worse, and to deny it is a problem makes the problem worse. This is what the well-off racist white people do.