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No Blackmail, No Derision: Patience Helps Me Turn My Mother Away From Bigotry
My mother had no problem accepting my queer Arab ex-girlfriend, but she still believes in the idea of a “Hindu nation”. And I feel like a hypocrite espousing liberal values in public, but being unable to confront these challenging ideas at home. So I continued to talk to her – with love and patience.
