So a few hours ago I got a call from my dad. We usually only call a few times a year so we were talking for a while, just catching up on things, when he made a comment about how “East Indians are bad at their jobs.” I told him that sounded a little racist, and that people can be bad at their job regardless of where they’re from (not super proud of that comeback but I was trying to keep the conversation pleasant.)

We went back and forth on this for a couple minutes, and eventually my dad said he wasn’t racist because he married a Chinese woman. I said basically, “your wife has no issue with you and your buddies saying the n-word so maybe that’s not a great example” and his response was to say, “What’s wrong with saying nigger? Nigger nigger nigger nigger. What’s so bad about that?”

At this point I said I’m done we can talk later, and hung up on him abruptly. He called back immediately and I ignored it. Then he went on a texting spree calling me a pussy, that he’s disappointed and embarrassed of me, how my mom is a liar, how lazy I am, and a few other things about my mom’s side of the family I’d rather not repeat. I was going to ignore it all, but after taking a break from texting me for an hour or so, he started back up with the insults. So I told him “fuck you lose my number” and blocked him from my phone and all social media. 
  
I just cant help but feel like I escalated the situation when I brought his wife into it, and spiraled the whole conversation out of control. AITA?