I live in a ghetto. My Dad left me a certain amount of money, and I didn't want to pay rent or a mortgage, so I own a tiny (780 sq ft) house in a ghetto of Los Angeles called Echo Park. It's Mexican American/Central American. I am one of the few white people on my block. My neighbor is the other. He and I got into it when I first moved in. I put up a rainbow flag. As old as he was, he knew what it meant. One day as I was locking the gate, he made some snide comment about the rainbow flag, and I found out he was a "hom-sexuals are going to Hell, because they violate God's law," type of fellow. We stopped talking. My husband is naive. He was raised on a farm out in the country in South Africa. So he got all buddy-buddy with this evil old man. Started taking out his trash for him, and doing small favors, and it started getting worse and worse. One time when I wasn't around, he drove him to the market. So I gave him an ultimatum: the old man, or me. I am not going to provide assistance to someone who has persecuted and harassed my people his entire life. He is WHY people like me suffer. My husband thinks I am being unreasonable and bitter. I think he is foolish and naive. Who is right
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