What do you do if you see racism?

i did hear people speaking with racism term. for example, I saw a black guy calling his black friend with the N word. I find it odd and i am not sure if it's a type of racism because they were laughing so I just ignored it. If i would hear people talkign about it to an offensive way, probably i would have said something because if i her someone saying bad stuff about my background, i would be defending it.

I actually had that experience today. Some old lady in front of my store was telling this girl that was Hispanic that she needed to go to school and learn English. I got so mad, and I told her she was being rude and presumptuous. She didn't know the girl's situation,for all she knew she could have just started school or something. And personally, as long as you are legally allowed to live in the US, and your job doesn't require you to speak English, I think it's up to you if you want to learn it or not. I don't think it's right for someone you don't know to walk up to you and tell you what to do. So I told her what I thought, and she came and complained to my manager and got me in trouble, but I don't care. I would do it again.

My first experience of this when I was in third grade in a Catholic school. Yes with the nuns and priests and such. Small town WI, USA. One day we had a new student, we became friends, good friends. I didn't realize until one day some other kids were making fun of her because she was so tall and I stood beside her and stood ground with her. Then a few days later we were having lunch in the lunch room and some other kids started throwing food at my friend. I yelled at them and told them to stop. That is when I learned what color of skin made a difference to others. I remember this because I was like in shock when they called her a ___ and me a ___ lover... I was pissed and picked up my tray and threw at them saying that she is my friend not because of color, but because she is a good person to me, a good friend. A week later the girl was gone. Which upset me and never was told what happened, just that they moved. See I was taught that n___ meant a lazy person, color was not apart of what we learned about that word. My grandparents would complain about a neighbor using that word because their farms were not worked the way they should of been. They called them lazy no good........ So that was my beginning of knowing people are people, color is only the pigment in our skin, not what is in our hearts and minds, for we all get up and put our pants on.... one leg at a time.. :) I have stood up and stood ground with many good people. Small insignificant times, still to me it was the right thing to do.

I hear much less racist comment than I used to. If anything being politically correct makes the language more restrictive. For example I might refer to someone as black as a descriptive term, equally as I might say that someone is white. Another might consider that racist. Generally I read/ hear more anti white comments than any other.