How to handle prejudice

When “prejudice” calls, what do you do? A long-time neighbor called the other day, spouting off a list of complaints about Fallbrook and California – high water bill, high taxes, nothing of interest in town, illegal immigrants, etc. She insisted that Fallbrook is unsafe; not a nice town. Her dissatisfaction was so strong that I suggested she move out of the area so as not to waste her life here. She mentioned some states that would be “better” than California.

In response to one, I commented “I heard that several white supremacist groups live there.” Her comment back “I think that I woul...