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When to speak up
It’s good to know that stonewalling one’s disgust at hearing racist jokes may be bad for one’s health (“Stony Silence as a Defense,” June 9). But silence is never the correct response to expressions of bigotry, whether at a dinner party or anywhere else. Anyone mistaking offensive jokes for humor should be told quietly but definitively: “I’m disappointed to hear you say that” -- as if better behavior were expected.
Bonnie Sloane
Los Angeles
