I agree you don't want to stretch the cultural too far, or you will end up essentializing people. There is obviously a lot of diversity within each culture. You

I agree you don't want to stretch the cultural too far, or you will end up essentializing people. There is obviously a lot of diversity within each culture. You don't want to treat people just based on their culture: it would be morally repugnant. But in my experience at least, ignoring the culture will cause a lot of issues as well.