How can we be expected to "celebrate diversity" and such when we're not allowed to "label" any culture? We need to study each other and our differences in order to become truly culturally diverse. However, on that same note, it's socially and legally taboo to insinuate or assume any cultural labels for others at all -- even if they're correct. We can't ask about anybody's ethnic background, even if it's obvious they're from somewhere else.
That goes for the sexes, too. We're all expected to learn and respect how the differences in the sexes think and act, but yet we're all legally bound to act like sterile androgens and anything otherwise is immediately labeled as sexist.
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This reminds me of a time when my relative had to organise a weekend camp for some workmates. Knowing that one woman was from a different religious/ethnic/cultural background from the others, she privately asked her if there was any food she couldn't eat or any arrangements she needed to practice her religion. The result...a formal acusation of racism.
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