An Absurdity
Although it is probably universal human behavior to be contemptuous of
bizarre superstitions practiced by the inhabitants unfamiliar cultures,
it seems to be somewhat imprudent to laugh at others before one takes
a good, hard look at taboos and fetishes he accepts as part of his
everyday life. Isn't it absurd when the "dyed-in-the-wool" bigot, who
illogically fears the taint of close association of blacks(behavior 
resembles fears of taboo), spend most of summer lying in the sun trying
to acquire the color he claims to abhor. Since doctors tell us that excessive
sun-tanning may be a cause of skin cancer, our strange yearning for
sun-darkened skin has all the qualities of a fetish.

dyed-in-the-wool---He was a dyed-in-the-wool Republican who would 
not consider voting for a Democrat.
(set in one's ways.)