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My mother isn't, nor is my father to my knowledge.

But I was raised by my grandmother and she was really, really racist and also really insane.

For starters, she'd consistently throw out phrases like "I'm not racist, my grandchildren are black!" which she had nothing to do with and if she could have changed it, she definitely would have. Incidentally, she also did the same thing after I came out. "I don't hate gay people, I have a gay grandson." /eyeroll

I grew up in a poor neighborhood like projects-type apartments so a majority of my friends were black and I remember for the longest time her not wanting any of my black friends in the house - like she always had an excuse but the white boy next door was always fine.

There was also an instance where I was 10 going to school and she got into an argument with my mother and called her a "n-word lover" ....and then tried to play the victim when my mother refused to speak with her for a long time.

...yeah, I had an interesting upbringing.