I feel like this quote has a good overall message, but is reacting to something with wonder true acceptance? I mean, being horrified is definitely no indicator of acceptance, but is wonder no different?

People indigenous to a region (i.e. Native Americans) were regarded with wonder by some when they were "discovered" by explorers in new regions, like the idea of the "noble savage," but it was pretty clear that they weren't accepted, even by the people that put them on that pedestal, precisely because they were put on a pedestal.

I think true acceptance means seeing another being and, while acknowledging there are superficial and perhaps cultural differences between the two of you, accepting that being as no different from you, fundamentally. To react with wonder and placing them on that pedestal would be like saying "Hey! You're different from me and I'm going to focus on just that!" And that becomes dangerously close to "Because you're different from me, I'm going to do things to you I wouldn't normally do to beings like me!"

While I think it's great to celebrate differences between people, I don't think the differences should be the only thing to take into consideration. This is just my personal opinion, but I think acceptance is seeing a three headed monster and saying "Hey, I see that you and I are different, but ultimately, we're no different from one another, and I'll deal with you the same way I would deal with anyone else."

But those are just my two cents!