I'd argue that most racists aren't actually racist, they're culture-ist, it's just that race happens to correlate with culture a lot and gets used as a proxy.
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It all looks like different flavors of tribalism.
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correct, Racism is just a (particularly virulent) special case of tribalism. Culturalism is usually, but not inherently, another strain of tribalism. In either case though, i would say that it is, in fact, significantly "less bad" than racism.
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It'll reliably seem less bad to others due to the overwhelming negative associations with 'racist' and the utter lack of same with 'culturist.' So, there's a sense in which promoting the term 'culturist' minimizes the apparent badness racism. However, I do agree with you.
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a poo by any other name would smell just as stank.
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Culture is a set of rules and thus negotiable, race is understood as being intrinsic
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I think the 'badness' of the racist/culturist thing is up for debate (the words can cover a wiiide range of behaviors that are definitely not all equal), I was just saying they're roughly equivalent in however bad they are.
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If we don't treat culture as fair game for disapproval, we can't improve culture. It's acceptable to hate cultures.
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I think one can criticize aspects of a culture without criticizing the people who were brought up in the culture. Criticizing the aesthetic aspects of a culture is silly and potentially hateful, but the values of a culture should be open to (constructive & thoughtful) critiques.
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For example, if a culture is severely misogynistic, I think it's okay to like that culture a bit less than other, more equitable ones.
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