S.C. Dems to Gov. Haley: Dismiss ‘white supremacist’ from campaign committee

[Donald Ian Rankin]

2. No to both, but it's racist to think that heritage has to do with being caucasian.

I'm, if not proud, at least fond, of large parts my own heritage, and I try to keep it alive and "purish" - I'm a keen morris dancer, I try to learn british folk songs, and I'm enthusiastic about British political traditions, and I sniff slightly at people who file Bod Dylan or Joan Baez in the same section of the music catalogue as Steeleye Span or Ewan McColl.

I don't think that any of that has anything to do with being "Caucasian", though. Quite the reverse, I would prefer it if more people of all races shared my interests, because it would help keep them thriving.

Keeping a tradition "pure" is either about ensuring that it doesn't change at all (which I think is generally a bad idea, at least as far as applied to my interests) or about ensuring that what gets added is in the spirit of what comes before (which I approve of). What it *isn't* about is restricting who does it - quite the reverse, if you care about your traditions, you should try to popularise them as widely as possible.

Which rather makes me wonder if by "heritage" he actually means "genes", rather than "traditions".