I can't think of a finer example of the crypto-racism of the modern age than Zorba the Greek.In olden days, we used to just openly deride and indict certain cultures -- whether it was true or not -- as being corrupt and backward, and/or even subhuman. Nowadays we're not nearly so honest, and that's why so many of the world's problems only continue to get worse.Nowadays we portray all the corruption, backwardness, and even subhumanity of a given culture -- whether its true or not -- while also working into that depiction a despicable pretense of respect for that culture as being somehow merely "quaint" or "life-affirming". In this fashion, we romanticize and even encourage the proliferation of cultural toxicity.Ah, this backhanded racism that is liberal racist "multi-culturalism". If you've just recently ingested poison or tainted clams and need a way to bring them back up again, I couldn't think of a better emetic remedy than Zorba the Greek.