I mean, it’s okay if you have a preference to a certain culture. It’s okay even if you say there are problematic elements to some cultures that aren’t in others. But when you start throwing words around like “superior” and suggesting that one culture should take over and the others should die out (which is what King was essentially suggesting), that’s where you got a real no no.

Saying one culture is definitively better than another is having a pretty cavalier attitude to the concept of culture in general. The importance of culture to peoples cannot be understated. When you say one culture is better than another, you are, in essence, saying one type of people is better than another type of people. You can’t separate the people from the culture. It doesn’t work like that. This is the root of prejudice and bigotry, no question. Suggesting any type of superiority of one culture over another is not going to get us anywhere good. Better to suggest nurturing of the good qualities of a culture or integrating it with another rather than a reckless, generalized dismissal. That’s what breeds hate.