Racist parent & DP - WWYD

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My parents divorced when I was very young, my dad was around but never really bonded with me. For example once a fortnight he'd take me to his house and I would play while he watched football. I have no memories of doing anything fun or child friendly with him.
He had a difficult upbringing, suffers from depression/anxiety and essentially has no family apart from me. However, he is also very small town/small minded and extremely ignorant of the wider world. We speak maybe every couple of weeks and I'll see him a few times a year but he won't come to visit me where I live 2 hours away for fear of terrorists.
About 5 months ago I told him about the guy I'd been seeing and showed him a photo. My boyfriend happens to be mixed race. I was prepared for some kind of racist comment as I know what he's like (one of those on Facebook posting pro British memes etc) however I wasn't prepared for his uttter outrage that I ws dating someone non white.
I let him know my feelings at the time about how disgusted with him I was and assumed he'd just get over it but it's been a while now and he just won't acknoweldge DP at all. He sees photos of us on social media but never asks after him or mentions him at all whereas with previous boyfriends he'd be asking loads of details. He's also been extremely awkward towards me and has asked for an expensive Christmas present while giving me a tiny amount of money in comparison to normal. I don't want to sound grabby but it's almost like he's done this to make a point that he's not happy with me.To be honest I really couldn't care less what he thinks as I'm very happy.
I really don't know what to do. I don't think he's a nice person at and never have but almost maintain contact because I feel guilty that he has no other family apart from me. If I never saw him again it wouldn't bother me at all but feel I'd feel so much guilt if I cut him off completely. However, his really is the nail in the coffin and I can't get over his awful racist attitude. Anyone with any experience of this?

I am pretty much NC with my father after a similar situation. The boyfriend is long gone, but my father's attitude and the memory of what he said and how he treated me and the man in question is not. I only see him because he is still married to my mother. If he wasn't, I wouldn't think twice about never seeing him again.

Could this man end up being the father of your children?

How would you feel about your racist dad then?

He might be your biological father but that’s all, you are under no obligation to him so don’t put up with behaviour you wouldn’t from anyone else just because “he’s your Dad”.
It’s not your fault he hasn’t go anyone else - wonder why? He’s not your responsibility

You're totally right there @hoppinggreen he's had a few long term relationships since my mum which have all ended in him leaving for being violent or not being able to deal with coming second to their children.
Anyone who has gone NC how do you do it? Did you let them know that's what you were doing or just stop responding to calls? I just imagine that if I did that he would just hassle my mum instead or start posting things to my social media.

@skintbutok makes a very valid point! I’d cut him off. Personally I would tell him why then block him on everything.

How would you treat this man if he want your father?

If he's just ignorant then I'd try to get him to see beyond his prejudices. But it sounds like he's just nasty with the violence stuff.

Maybe tell him how you feel before cutting him off?

When I did it I wrote to his solicitor to tell him .
If I were you I would write or message on SM and then block him on everything. Again, him hassling you’re mum is not your fault, it’s him being an arsehole.
You can’t control the behaviour of people like that but you can control your reactions. I know it’s hard but you need to act as if you don’t care at all
My attitude was that I didn’t wish him ill or hate him, I was just done with him.

I see why you've kept contact so far but this is a step too far on your fathers part.
This dp could be the man of your dreams and dd has ripped into him because of what he looks like.
And he expects you to buy him an expensive present to boot??
I'd send him a sm message to say how much he has hurt you and how upset you are that his bigotry is so ingrained. I'd say that you will no longer be in touch with him.

I'd struggle to see the day that he'd change his views and any thing he did say would be lies to get you back.

Block him from your social media for a start. That way he cannot see what you're up to and you won't be stressing that he will comment negatively about your partner or his family. I sincerely hope you didn't buy him the gift he wanted. If he starts hassling your mum I'm sure she can deal with him by also blocking him. I'd be telling him his attitude is appalling and you no longer want a relationship with him, then block his number. Whether you stay with your partner or not doesn't matter. Your father is violent and has shown himself to be a racist. He doesn't deserve a relationship with you.

I wouldn't be buying him a Christmas present.

I'd tell him he either accepts your partner or you're done.

@skintbutok you've totally hit the nail on the head. I hadn't thought about that before but when he first found out and was saying some awful things I pointed out that he has a very close friend who is black and he answer to that was "yes but if you have children with this guy they won't be white". I couldn't have him not love any future children because of their skin colour. You're all right, I have to cut him off and try not to feel all the guilt about it.