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[quote=Anonymous]38, parents are 77 and 78.  Yes, I'm much more open minded than them.  They aren't  outwardly racists or homophobes or anything like that, but they definitely don't "get" a lot of the deviations from basic straight/gay or a lot of the hot topic political issues like BLM.  They are definitely more close minded when it comes to poverty/homelessness/addiction as well.

They both grew up in small towns.  My mom especially grew up in a town which had a very hard divide between the well off (my mom's family) and the working class (fishermen).  It was also a very white town and when we used to visit she could point out the house that had the Jewish family that lived in town.  My dad grew up less well off, but he also grew up in a farming community so that had its own issues.  My dad definitely changed his world view more than my mom, and I think it is because he grew up a lot less well off than my mom.    He had zero problem accepting my brother when he came out as gay (neither did my mom but I think my dad fell into that stereotype of someone who would be bothered by it).

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