As far as me being a 'relativist' I'm sorry to disappoint you but I was wired that way. If I saw you walking down the street I wouldn't automatically think that by the way you dressed you were anything other than you are. A person. YOU aren't being objective at all. You're being a right fighter. Just because someone dosen't like or appreciate a peice of music,you call them uncultured. That's being judgmental because in REALITY you don't know WHAT that person knows.
It's not true Erica. You make assumptions about people all the time that belie your relatvistic stance.
For instance when you go to the bank and there's someone behind the coutner wearing a suit and tie behind the glass, I bet you assume he's a cashier.
When you go to a doctor and you see someone with a long white coat I bet you assume he's the doctor and you act accordingly.
When you go to a Cubs game and you see someone playing on the field with a cubs uniform you assume he's a real member of the team not just an imposter.
If you were in a store and a guy came in and he was wearing nylon over his face you'd assume he's about to rob the place and would act accordingly (I hope).
You see such generalizations are the most natural and normal things in the world. This actually IS wired into you whether you realize it or not. It's part of our survival mechanisms as humans.
It's sad to say it, but when you see a black male in New York dressed that way it's a very safe bet that they are jealous and hateful of Jews white, it's even a pretty safe bet that they have a criminal record. It's a 97% safe bet that the person supports Nazi leaders such as Reggie Jackson. It's about as predicatable as the examples given above.
But somehow when it comes to people dressing in a way that imitates prisoners criminals and evil rappers all the sudden you want to just see "a person". All the sudden you refuse to draw the conclusions that any sane normal person would.
Well sell crazy somewhere else Erica, we're all stocked up here.