You're totally ignoring or forgetting context. Which is that the green book exists because of the Jim Crow laws at the time, along with the general racism.
It's not remotely racist to stay away from white businesses when there is a certain possibility of service refusal, and a possibility that you might be assulted and killed. Hence the necessity of this book.
To say that his family was racist for not trusting white people with the books info, is to be totally ignorant (Tulsa is one example).
You have an extremely weird idea of racism that is not grounded in reality.
It's not remotely racist to stay away from white businesses when there is a certain possibility of service refusal, and a possibility that you might be assulted and killed. Hence the necessity of this book.
To say that his family was racist for not trusting white people with the books info, is to be totally ignorant (Tulsa is one example).
You have an extremely weird idea of racism that is not grounded in reality.