My family is racist and I'm scared.
I do not know how to even begin this rent. Basically, my family is racist and hateful. Everytime we talk about politics, or anything really, the subject of a specific ethnicity and religion is brought up. They say "these people abuse the system and they are ruining the country". They claim that they are to blame for the increasing of violence in the country, that they are imposing their religion on us and that they are stealing money from the ones who truly deserve it since they have easier access to financial help from the government. I would like to point out that this is not true by the way. I have looked up many laws and thaught myself a lot about the subject and it is a misconception that was made popular by social media and the news.
My problem is that the elections are gonna happen next year and they have all planned to vote for a political party that is notorious for being very racist, misogynistic and homophobic. They are very good at hiding all of this behind wisely chosen words and hatred. My family does not believe any of this is real. They truly believe it is not a hateful party.
They are blinded by a hate that was born from fake news on social media and the TV doesn't help as it always picks and choses to only show this ethnicity and religion as the problem.
I am truly afraid of living by their side since I am part of the lgbt+ community and am a woman. I hear their hateful speeches all day long and have had them yell at me multiple times because I disagreed with them on some matters. I am scared because this is causing a drift between me and them.
You wanna know what's ironic ? They blame immigrants for everything but my family is technically not from this country. My mother wasn't even born here, she was brought here by a family member for the better healthcare. Which is something they blame immigrants for abusing. Hypocritical isn't it ? Both my mom and dad are from another country and their family immigrated here for a better life. Which is also what they blame this certain ethnicity and religion from doing. I cannot fathom this level of hypocrisy.
I would love to be able to make them see the truth but everytime I show them some evidence, such as votes from the party they want to vote for that proves they are hateful, they dismiss me, stay silent or say it's fake and lies. I am so lost.