(from the other thread) It is absolutely NOT the responsibility for a member of a race or culture to educate others...
I'm going to take issue with this.
I'm Cajun, born and raised in a culture that clearly most people outside of South Louisiana know next to nothing about. They don't know what the Cajun French language sounds like, they don't know our history, they don't know our culture. They're not from here, they haven't been immersed in it. They never had opportunity or reason to learn these things. I don't begrudge them that.
Thus, when I complain about the gross cultural inaccuracies in media to others not from here (Gambit comes to mind strongly here, as does the hamhanded attempt at depicting New Orleans in Heroes), I DO consider it my responsibility to educate others as to what the hell I'm talking about. Because while it may have been the responsibility of the creators of the inaccurate media in question to do better research or get a hold of a consultant, it's NOT the responsibility of the general audience to do that kind of research.
When speaking as a Cajun, I DO consider it my responsibility to enlighten others who don't know my culture. To act as an ambassador, if you will. Because it's NOT PEOPLE'S FAULT if they're not from here, and aren't familiar with things that only locals know well. They aren't somehow criminal for not engaging in some kind of Batman-esque massive research project to find out every detail about every obscure culture ever. And it's arrogant to think that beyond basic politeness they even have cause to care. Have I memorized every detail of every race, nationality, and local culture? Of course not, I'm not a fucking anthropologist. Most people aren't.
Innocent ignorance is NOT a crime. And it IS on us to politely correct misperceptions to those who have no other way to know they're mistaken about our culture.