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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"God, I got more in common with these gooks than I do with my own spoiled-rotten family. Jesus. Happy birthday."''
|'''[[Clint Eastwood|Walt Kowalski]]''', ''[[Gran Torino]]''}}
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This character will almost always [[Heel Face Turn|be totally redeemed in the end]] - and even if he isn't, it will still be acknowledged that he has his good qualities. Sometimes he is as sympathetic as such a character can be, only holding on to his prejudices due to a [[Freudian Excuse]] (his parents taught him to be this way, or he was once wronged by a member of the group he now despises). A distinct but closely related trope is the [[Innocent Bigot]], who honestly thinks he is ''not'' prejudiced due to [[Values Dissonance]], and is thus ignorant rather than a [[Jerkass]].
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See also [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] and [[Boomerang Bigot]]. Compare [[Good Is Not Nice]]. May overlap with [[Wicked Cultured]] or [[Fair for Its Day]]. May come off as [[Affably Evil]] (or even [[Evilly Affable]]) to the targets of his prejudice.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Trail of Glory|The Rivers of War]]'' portrays Andrew Jackson like this. He is highly bigoted, even by the standards of the time, and does not hesitate to call friendly Cherokees "savages", ask how Sam Houston can be so sure that his coloured teamsters won't steal his gear and sum up state militias as drunken and cowardly to a man. However, he hesitates to shoot Red Eagle (a rebel Cherokee responsible for a major massacre) because he surrendered voluntarily, promotes a coloured sergeant to commissioned rank, against regulations, and threatens to kill a man who protests against arming free coloured men, but who won't join the militia himself. Essentially, the Andrew Jackson in the book is bigoted against groups but is capable of respecting an individual who is especially heroic and or a fierce fighter. While he is a bigot, he hates fools and cowards even more.
* Believe it or not, Hawkeye Pierce from the original novel ''[[MASH (novel)|
* [[Adrian Mole]]'s grandma doesn't like Indians or Pakistanis, but is otherwise [[Cool Old Guy|sympathetic and somewhat badass]].
* Played for laughs in ''[[Good Omens]]'' with Witchhunter Shadwell. He has a (mildly) derogatory slur for everyone, belittles foreign cultures and religions, and suspects everyone of being a witch or a warlock, yet everyone is charmed by him and he fearlessly prepares to fight Satan when the Apocalypse comes.
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