One more potential fix (i.e. "it works for me"): Start your offending application from the command line, like this:
GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc <appname>
For inkscape:
GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc inkscape
One more potential fix (i.e. "it works for me"): Start your offending application from the command line, like this:
GTK2_RC_ FILES=/ usr/share/ themes/ Raleigh/ gtk-2.0/ gtkrc <appname>
For inkscape:
GTK2_RC_ FILES=/ usr/share/ themes/ Raleigh/ gtk-2.0/ gtkrc inkscape