Jami Learns a Disappointing Fact

In the course of a conversation with one friend, she mentions that one of the reasons she is no longer close to a mutual acquaintance (let's call her Mary) is the racial slurs she uses. Mary and I have just been getting to know each other, this other friend has known her for several years, so I guess Mary either hasn't felt comfortable enough around me to use the offensive words, or knowing that I'm from a multi-culti family, she has restrained herself. This is one of the problems with political correctness - it calls racism where there sometimes isn't, and it helps people who are racist hide it better. See, I'm a big believer in: if you're racist, let the world know it. Use the most crass, evil offense words you know. Use them all the time. This is the USA and you have the total right to believe any crazy thing you want. And I have the right to not want to be your friend if your ideas don't work for me. But I have to know what you think to decide if we can be buds. I respect you and your beliefs, but that doesn't mean I want to spend too much time exposed to them. So let's be upfront about it. In a world where it's not longer socially acceptable to even admit there are differences, people who think those differences are important are increasingly harder to spot.