dog·ma
n. pl. dog·mas or dog·ma·ta (-m-t)
1. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.

2. An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.

3. A principle or belief or a group of them: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” (Abraham Lincoln).

"jesus is the way" is a dogmatic belief.

...but anyway, part of my point is that if you can't step outside your skin long enough to "see" buddhism in a different way, it's gonna be rough to step outside of said skin understand racism, too. especially in a culture where you're not the target.

what you're proposing is years in the making.