it's not just wrong ------------- it's correct and it's smart
if you are putting together a research team to look into a racial group
how bloody stupid would it be to have someone looking into the cultural/race group including interviewing, travelling though the areas ---
and having that someone of a totally different race???????????????
it makes perfect sense if you want to find out deep meaning about say - women - that you employ women to study it ------------ no point asking a boneheaded male - is there - they cannot possibly understand what it's like coming from a women's perspective
ditto - how could a white person who has always lived in white society even remotely possibly get an 'understanding' on what it's like to be a particular race other than themselves??????
it's just common sense ----------- something sadly lacking in our race of boneheads