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Set your phone to be silenced after whatever time of night you don’t wish to get calls. Mine has quiet hours from 11pm to 6am. And never hesitate to tell anyone, elderly or lonely or anything else, that you won’t listen to racist or offensive talk. You don’t need to explain why. If you’re not respected on this, give a reminder, and then hang up
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By not saying anything you've given the expression that you are complicit, you need to grow a backbone and tell her that her jokes are offensive and you don't appreciate hearing them - she needs to know your boundaries if you expect her to respect them. And most people have caller display, if you do there is no reason you can't screen her calls and only answer when you are in the mood to talk or to politely excuse yourself and hang up when she calls at an inconvenient time (although I doubt she will be calling so often once you stand up for yourself).
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Not with a relative but with a friend of a friend.

I think this person got the message when I got up and walked out of the house, which was awkward for me because I love my friend. A few others did it too. My friend soon saw how offensive he was and eventually spoke to him.

My friend accepts him as he is and is patient with him, okay fine, but he was crossing all kinds of lines for me and I seriously couldn’t stomach his comments or jokes. Let me just say that I would never give any credence to him by repeating them.

I would either say point blank that you do not consider the joke to be funny or not even bother to pick up the phone.

You would think in the year of 2021, these things would be gone. Sadly, they aren’t.

I appreciate the fact that you don’t find them funny.

I feel ‘prejudice’ is a learned behavior.

Fortunately, my family did not set bad examples regarding prejudice attitudes so I didn’t grow up learning this behavior.
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