“I’m not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I’m simply saying the racists believe he’s a racist.” ~ Democrat Andrew Gillum, of course, giving a lesson on one way he does it.
And,
"Calling out racists is actually good for your health, according to science. Here’s how to do it."
... It may be easier to say nothing, but experts say it’s critical to speak out in that moment — whether the offensive remarks come from the leader of the free world or from a distant cousin at a family dinner. ... “It’s up to individuals to honor a civil society and not reinforce the stigmatization of those words,” she said.
If people think ahead of time about how they’d respond to a racist statement, they are more likely to speak up when the moment arises, said Lecia Brooks, outreach director for the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The best thing we can do is to be prepared for it, because it’s going to happen,” Brooks said. ...
Research, though, shows that when people speak up, they generally feel better about themselves, ... “When people let the moment pass, they really do feel guilty about it,” he said. “They feel like they haven’t stood up for something they believe in.”
“People find that they are most satisfied when they say ‘I find that offensive and discriminatory. That’s anti-Semitic. I would never use those words about my sister or your mother,’ ” Dunbar said.
Other phrases that indicate you don’t agree are a simple “excuse me?” or repeating back to the person what they said and asking whether that is what they really meant. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/01/16/calling-out-racists-is-good-for-your-health-according-to-science-heres-how-to-do-it/?utm_term=.18a8de3e50cc
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