This is the hate and racism of my parents which I endured until they kicked me out for opposing their heinous rhetoric.

They were ignorant people who hated everyone, regardless of skin color or heritage. They hated British people because they hated the monarchy, they hated our neighbors; Greeks, Italians, Fins, Norwegians et al.

Sadly, I heard a racial slur from an 85 year old woman recently and I immediately felt she was my bitter mother reincarnated.

All of us who are not like the attackers noted below or my parents, speak up and take action against hate.

"Kelowna RCMP say they were called to an intersection in Rutland Monday afternoon and found that a 17-year-old Sikh student had been pepper sprayed or bear sprayed by another teenage male. 

Kelowna Mounties say they’ve identified a suspect but they’re still investigating and are trying to figure out a motive for the attack." 

cfjctoday.com

KELOWNA, B.C. - Police say a Sikh high school student in Kelowna, B.C., was pepper sprayed after an "altercati...

Ontario man hits a woman with a trailer hitch killing her in an obvious hate crime. He is found guilding of manslaughter and released two years later.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Brayden Bushby, who was granted day parole, was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2017 attack on an Indigenous woman

Racism is rising in America at an alarming rate as well. What is driving this hostility?

Dr. Aaron Beck delves into the Prisoners of Hate in his recent book on the subject.