Is it possible to maintain and respect cultural heritage and not be a racist

[Brian37]

I could quote an artical either way on this topic, but I want to know what you think. In essence all cultural heritage is based in a xenophobic/tribal/assemble like pairs mentality. More so in mid and far eastern cultures. In essence a degree of racism is apart of the culture. So then is it wrong to honor culture over the pop culture idea of a race neutral soceity where everyone just comes together forgets their past and looks to built a milato future?

Honestly I do not understand what the big deal is. The more you harp and force cultural diversity, the more people will want to slink back to thier indivisual race/culture. Which again to me is ok so long as we are not killing each other. What is the big deal if a bunch of Mexicans get together and buy out every major dairy farm in North America, and then only want to hire Mexicans? Or if Koreans want to do the same with electronics or cars? Or if whites want to do the same with whatever's they want to do? Let them try and pander to the markets provided by their race and let's see how long they will last in a global economy. Why not let the dollar or euro decide? Let a man stand or fall on his own merit, rather entitle him to a place at the table because we are short a few members of his race.

Well the reason you cant see what the big deal is is simple. Evolution. We group as survival mechanism. But we get stuck in the period of time and only see what is local. We fail to see that we have the same common past and have always mixed.

There really is no such thing as "race". There are scientific terms for features that manifest in skin tone and facial shapes, hair color and eye color. But we still have the same common ancestors.

Race is a real issue in that humans use willingly and or unwittingly to set up social structures. It is very easy to justify harming others if you see someone else as less special or "other", but the truth is this behavior is simply a competitive aspect of our species.

Of course we should foster diversity, because that is literally how evolution works. If we only screwed family members our species wouldn't have evolved.

When I say protect diversity, I am not talking about clinging to bad claims. I am saying we cannot be afraid of mixing or challenging social norms. We look different worldwide precisely because of our species mixing throughout our entire species history.