Is this the grandmother who is a bigot? Or did I hear that incorrectly?
Yes— that’s the one he “threw under the bus” by calling her a racist, even though he forgave her for her prejudice.
I don’t know if his Hawaii grandmother was a drinker but when Barry wanted to get away, he’d visit commie Frank Marshall Davis, a friend of his grandmother and grandfather. I don’t know any typical white people who socialize with communists.