Indeed, the lesson we learn from this episode is that we do not know enough of each other's culture. Let us resolve to learn more of each other's culture.
It is not helpful to label cultural ignorance as racism. It makes people unwilling to venture beyond their own familiar comfort zone for fear of being labelled a racist if he/she gets the culture of another ethnic group wrong. That's not the way to build an inclusive society.
Seek to learn from each other. Mistakes are part of the learning process. Turn every mistake into a learning moment, not a divisive moment.
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