What You Did vs. What You Are: Handling Racism with Dignity

Editor's note: If you choose to listen to the audio of Mel Gibson's recent outburst, be warned: it contains graphic and racist language.

After reading the latest on Mel Gibson's bigoted tirades on every group besides the one he belongs to, I came across a great short tutorial on You Tube entitled, "How to Tell People They Sound Racist". Its message gets right to the point:

1) Call people out when they denigrate someone else based on any time of "ism.

2) But be strategic about how you do it.

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