How could one conclude that another race is inferior (or not equal) to their own, but still feel that that race had the same rights as theirs? Perhaps it was a way over generalized statement. However, I've never met anyone who fell under the umbrella of "racist," who did not feel as though the race that they had such strong feelings against had any right to things like liberty, and in many cases, life. Those who were thrown under the umbrella, and called "racist," because of their preferences against certain aspects of certain cultures or races, I have found do not hold animosity towards them and merely wish to have the freedom to not interact with them. *shrug* perhaps there are more shades of gray then I realize. I don't see why people who simply do not want to engage with other races for their own personal reasons should be considered racist. We create preferences about things every single day, and act on them. I personally do not engage with socialist democrats, people who want to preach their religion at me, feminists or any other number of people/groups for any number of reasons. If any of those groups got the power behind them that minority groups had, then I'm certain they would find appropriate labels for me that were just as denigrating as "racist." Actually, the feminists already have a name for me, "traitor." - but, that's beside the point.
People have the freedom to educate others, about their cultures and their differences. Labeling people racist, because they have a preference, but do not believe that another race/culture should have their rights of life, liberty or property taken from them, just feeds into a victim mentality which creates more of a divide than promotes an atmosphere of individuals wanting to attempt to change mistaken ideas through interaction and education.
I understand weighing the consequences of engaging a principle, against the good of being able to continue spreading the message of liberty. But, if this is the attitude that other volunataryists are going to take up, either because Ian's feelings run stronger than that, or because they don't undertand that it's just a money thing...then I still call inconsistency. Not everyone is going to want to "celebrated their differences." I agree that that's the way things should be, but the truth is, for many people - they just don't want to. Given the choice, they would choose to stay in a protected world of their making, where they had control over who they did business with, who they interacted with socially, and who they met at their local grocery store. We may not like those choices, but my understanding of the voluntaryist principles that Ian advocates, and which I see many people here philosophizing about, is that they have the right to create those worlds. Of course, everyone has the right to ostracize those people, labeling them "racists." I just don't think that that label is accurate in those situations, or helpful in bridging cultural/racial divides.