Hrm. There is something wrong with being racist, to be sure - but as much as I hate to say this, racist folk have the right to exist so long as they learn to understand "live and let live" and keep it to themselves. It's weird for me to say that, because I have a certain scorn for prejudice people, primarily because I've dealt with prejudice from all angles. I'm black and of direct African descent, my parents were Lesbians and my non-biological mother is from Israel, I'm married to a Japanese woman and none of us believe in the local religion of Mormonism; and Mormons born in Utah, are not friendly to foreign non-mormons. It's strange that Mormons born OUTSIDE of Utah kick ass on the other side of things....
But with that said, I don't give two shits if the man I'm talking to is racist so long as he can tolerate me and fume about it during his or her personal time. I'll admit I came to that decision whilst I was working with an Indian woman named Gita. I knew she wanted out of the States desperately and back to her home country, but I still always wondered why she would never talk to me unless work demanded it and acted nervous around me and even more nervous around my wife. She started freaking out and said "Do you want me to be honest?" And so I said yes, and Gita admitted that she heavily disliked blacks, Americans/Brits/Englishmen in general, Mexicans (Though she seems okay with Spaniards, afterall her husband was Spanish.), and especially Asian countries besides hers. She said that she learned to keep them bottled around us, because she still thinks it is wrong to hurt others but then said that if she wanted to stay that way - I should leave her alone. I was not happy to learn that she was racist as hell, but... I respected that she would not attack, emotionally or physically, us and would tolerate us so long as we just respected her personal space.
Also, I suppose I should also point out that my wife is heavily prejudiced against Koreans. I wouldn't call her "racist" she will tolerate them and while she is uncomfortable around strange ones, she will get to know them and some she is friends with - she is actually quite close to my adopted sister, Ha-Young but she admittedly just doesn't care for Koreas relations with her country, and was raised by a mother who was vastly more racist than she was - and she has another reason she is uncomfortable around Koreans, but I would be violating my wife's privacy and wishes if I spoke of that reason.
But with that said, I don't give two shits if the man I'm talking to is racist so long as he can tolerate me and fume about it during his or her personal time. I'll admit I came to that decision whilst I was working with an Indian woman named Gita. I knew she wanted out of the States desperately and back to her home country, but I still always wondered why she would never talk to me unless work demanded it and acted nervous around me and even more nervous around my wife. She started freaking out and said "Do you want me to be honest?" And so I said yes, and Gita admitted that she heavily disliked blacks, Americans/Brits/Englishmen in general, Mexicans (Though she seems okay with Spaniards, afterall her husband was Spanish.), and especially Asian countries besides hers. She said that she learned to keep them bottled around us, because she still thinks it is wrong to hurt others but then said that if she wanted to stay that way - I should leave her alone. I was not happy to learn that she was racist as hell, but... I respected that she would not attack, emotionally or physically, us and would tolerate us so long as we just respected her personal space.
Also, I suppose I should also point out that my wife is heavily prejudiced against Koreans. I wouldn't call her "racist" she will tolerate them and while she is uncomfortable around strange ones, she will get to know them and some she is friends with - she is actually quite close to my adopted sister, Ha-Young but she admittedly just doesn't care for Koreas relations with her country, and was raised by a mother who was vastly more racist than she was - and she has another reason she is uncomfortable around Koreans, but I would be violating my wife's privacy and wishes if I spoke of that reason.