I see that it is freeing and I get the appeal, but I find it far more enticing to rage against the dying of the light. Life’s meaning can for example be to help humanity thrive and at least try to work against everything that hinders us as humanity from achieving our goals, science shows the path here. Sorry for the pathos and obviously not everyone’s cup of tea.
I wouldn’t say that’s an american thing, plenty of politicians in Europe had blackface scandals in the last couple of decades and every year, the topic also comes up around Christmas (NL) and Three Kings Parades (ES).
Edit less snarky and corrected some info