For once I kinda think you made a point. Furries don't grasp, care or talk about issues of race, ethnicity and culture nearly enough. And when they do, they often fuck up pretty bad (or are just pretty obviously racist in a way that's infuriatingly self-unaware). If the furry fandom is going to become this somewhat normalized subculture that just gets increasingly absorbed by the broader geek/pop culture, it's going to force those conversations onto furries who normally would've only had their own echo-chamber. I do think it's still a bit overly optimistic to assume the furry fandom will last long enough to get to that place though. The rest of society also has to change and who knows how long that will take before furries kinda just fizzle out and something else takes the space that furries used to occupy.
For once I kinda think you made a point. Furries don't grasp, care or talk about issues of race, ethnicity and culture nearly enough. And when they do, they often fuck up pretty bad (or are just pretty obviously racist in a way that's infuriatingly self-unaware). If the furry fandom is going to become this somewhat normalized subculture that just gets increasingly absorbed by the broader geek/pop culture, it's going to force those conversations onto furries who normally would've only had their own echo-chamber. I do think it's still a bit overly optimistic to assume the furry fandom will last long enough to get to that place though. The rest of society also has to change and who knows how long that will take before furries kinda just fizzle out and something else takes the space that furries used to occupy.