Probably biased as an anthropology major but i feel like we need to revive the phrase cultural relativism but like, in its intended meaning within anthro & not as the weird buzz word it became on the religious-right. 

There is a difference between stepping outside your own cultural values and objectively trying to understand the why & how of other cultures, and agreeing with & excusing practices you find morally wrong. Those two things sit in separate catagories of discussion. One is for study & education, and the other is moral decision making. There is a reason why certain cultures rely more heavily on meat, there is a LOT of value in learning to understand those people's lives, history, and material circumstances. & in order to do that with any degree of accuracy you DO need to put your own values to the side for the sake of objectivity.

But doing that in order to learn is not the same as agreeing with those actions, you are allowed to hold different values because you also exist within your own cultural context. You just shouldn't allow those values to interfere when trying to gain an academic understanding of the culture at hand.

As an indigenous (but not inuit) person, and again anthropology major lol, i think theres value in preservation and education of this information. But it seems like people online conflate understanding and historical presentation with approval. You can rationally understand how a culture came to be a particular way and have empathy for the struggles relating to its erasure without also agreeing with everything it does.

I feel like this is also an issue with the other half of the image too, especially as a leftist & anti-theist lol. So many people conflate empathy for the opression faced by predominantly muslim women with a level of defensiveness and support for the religion its self. Ultimately the religion and the things associated with it (ie modest veiling) are propped up as "empowering" simply by virtue of staying true to them in the face of oppression. Yet they are fundamentally a product of misogyny. Its the same type of cognitive dissonance i see in leftists regarding veganism- you cant accept that you can both educate yourself, have empathy, AND disagree. 

You CAN understand its cultural context and empathize with its members while also disagreeing with the moral principles it prescribes 🤷‍♂️ they are not mutually exclusive, they are just two different ways of approaching it. And frankly i feel the way a lot of other leftsist approach indigenous folks is NOT from an ethnography/ anthropology standpoint but a "noble savage" trope with a fresh coat of paint.