One thing I cannot stand is racism. It's a really big deal to me and I often find myself faced with racism in my day to say life, often on Facebook, but also heading to the shops, from MIL, heard in passing etc. Obviously online is the easiest to deal with; unfriend and move on, because I just don't have time for people like that, I find racist attitudes really disgusting and off putting, it's not one of those 'traits' (for want of a better word) that I can just overlook and continue a friendship with. Is that an overreaction on my part? I don't see it as having a 'different view' to someone, I see it as total ignorant rubbish. How do you deal with encountering racism in your day to day life? Say something? Grit your teeth and ignore it? What about if it's a family member, do you say something or just ignore them? Interested in how other people handle these sorts of situations, because I'm starting to feel really beaten down by some of the people I'm surrounded by, and I can only control hearing racist crap from a select few (by unfriending). I'm starting to wonder whether it's worth putting people in their place every time, but then I feel like a cop out for letting that sort of thing go on around me. I don't want DD growing up thinking its okay for people to have so much hate and ignorance towards others, and it's just something she should learn to put up with hearing. What do others do?