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My best friend is a bigot!
I've been friends with this kid since i was born, and we are currently roommates going to the same university. He's the best guy in the world, except when conversation brings up some of my ethnic friends, or an activity that is stereotypically representative of another culture (eg. Anime, Bollywood, Rap music). He makes cracks my friends based on their culture and disses these kinds of activites in a way that is really crass and ignorant.
My question is, how do i break this to him gently? Should i do it at all, or just tell him not to make fun of some of my friends when he does it? I'm at a loss here, in every other way he's a great guy, it's just he is really racially prejudiced and i'm not even sure where it came from. Anyone have any suggestions?
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