This is nonsensical because there is no racial consciousness in America. Even the redneck N bomb blasters honestly believe in brown oppression narratives if you ask them about it. So yeah, as said, I'd prefer racial consciousness, a will to a fascist order, over base ancestor worship.

My point is that the term "racial consciousness" does not refer to any specific content. If we actually have to define the function of "racial consciousness", then it would be the shared cultural and psychological traits, opinions and loyalties within a population. This coincides with the liberal antiracist consumerist zeitgeist that is universal across the West. In fact, many third world nationalists argue against liberal and leftist ideas precisely on this basis - that they are foreign, "Western" and incompatible with any other people. When you said that you would "trade every single memory of 'muh ancestors'" for "universal racial consciousness" you separated the term from its content. What makes up a people, what are the characteristics of a people and what makes the cause of such a people worthwhile? The answer to all of these questions is intimately tied to "muh ancestors" because "muh ancestors" are the ones who contributed the creative spark and built civilisation in the first place.

If people care more about Marvel movies than Roman art, maybe you should ask your ancestors why their art sucks shit.

Is the point of great art to appeal to popular opinion? Rather than dismissing the skill of past artists, I think it would be more accurate to speak of a crisis in artistic taste today.