Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should you maintain relationships with racist family members?
Position‹3 of 3

It depends, sometimes you can maintain a relationship with a racist family member

This position holds that no general answer is available: what can be maintained turns on how severe the conduct is, whether it is aimed at people inside the family, whether the person can be challenged, and on what terms the relatives most affected agree to.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. The answer turns on facts that differ from one family to the next
  2. Contact is not all or nothing, so the question admits of degrees