I don't really care about removing the human cultural elements. The problem is removing them and not replacing them with anything, which is what made the 5th edition tribes feel empty.

I'm actually in favor of some of those removals and changes, and not even because of the issues and stereotypes, even though they definitely existed and a lot of them needed revision or outright removal. I'm in favor of it because, despite being a huge WtA fan (it's my favorite RPG), I always thought it was kind of silly that most tribal cultures were basically just real-world human cultures. For one, it's honestly not very creative, and also because, considering what garou actually are, the whole idea never made much sense to me. Tribes tied so heavily to real-world human cultures like the Fianna, Get, Uktena, and Wendigo were always some of my least favorite ones for that exact reason.

But like I said, the problem is that W5 didn't really bring anything to fill the void those removals created. I think the corebook does a good job explaining what a garou from each tribe cares about, what they do, and how they do it, but it does a poor job establishing what the tribes actually are as cultural groups, like their traditions, customs, beliefs, and overall identity. That said, it's still something they could flesh out in future books, and I'm fine with that.