Are all cultures equally valid morally?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are all cultures equally valid morally?". Your opponent's style: Christopher Hitchens

Racism is good

You're not actually making an argument, you're just dropping a provocation. Let's be precise: if you mean racism is "good," you need to define what you're defending. Are you claiming systemic discrimination produces better outcomes? That racial hierarchies reflect biological reality? That cultural preferences justify exclusion? Each collapses under scrutiny. Racism doesn't maximize welfare, doesn't match evidence, and doesn't solve coordination problems better than merit-based systems. You're either trolling or you haven't thought through why you believe this. Which is it? Because I'm ready to dismantle whichever half-formed claim you actually hold.

Racism keeps you safge

That's just fear dressed up as logic. Safety through exclusion assumes threats are inherent to identity, which is empirically backwards. Crime correlates with poverty and opportunity deprivation, not race. Societies with strict racial segregation historically show higher violence, not less. Rwanda, apartheid South Africa, Nazi Germany, all demonstrate that racial hierarchies require brutal enforcement and generate instability. You're confusing the comfort of sameness with actual safety. Real security comes from rule of law, economic mobility, and social trust, all of which racism demolishes. You've mistaken anxiety for evidence. What specific threat are you protecting yourself from that requires racial boundaries?