No prob.
Your example, no offense, also used the stereotyped southern confederate who does have an issue with dealing with people other cultures.
When it comes to racism, my honest belief is that people have the right to associate with whom they choose. I think that, eventually qualiications and ability will eventually trump things like a person’s skin, because in something like a competitive sport like bass fishing, if some guy knows his stuff so well that he can help you improve your results, you’re going to give less weight to whom he is and more weight as to what he can do.
Philosophically I agree with all you said.
Now: To be truthful, I was tweaking you a little bit - not on the government issue, but on the “what I would do if I owned such and such a business” issue.
I’ve owned enough businesses to know that I have no idea what I would do if I owned another business - because until you do, you have no idea what you would do. Being a business owner, perhaps I am overly sensitive to the proclamations made by non business owners on what I should do or what they would do. I’ll admit that.
I also know that technical knowledge and ability is totally irrelevant if a given person will not make your customer base comfortable. Yes, I used a stereotype but that was simply because it was an easy example to make a point.