My family made it clear that they expect me, my (immigrant) husband and our young son to visit him before he dies. But this relative has become active in alt-right causes, posting offensive material about minorities, immigrants and women on Facebook. Some family members have asked me to “leave politics at the door” and “turn the other cheek.” Others threatened to ostracize us if we don’t visit. Leaving politics at the door is easy — so long as it’s not your race, husband or gender being trampled inside its threshold. A close friend who was in my wedding party and his then-girlfriend came to my wedding without giving us a gift.

Source: New York Times March 29, 2018 18:22 UTC