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I don't think it's racist at all MalkierKnight Send a noteboard - 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM
Though I might say it's racially insensitive. "Blacker" might be vernacular in Dutch, I have no idea, but there's nothing hateful about calling music that is predominantly black, black music. It's only negative if you think it is. And if anything, the Dutch commercial is glorifying that type of music. Black people take credit for creating jazz, hip hop, r and b, so no one should object to calling it black music. If I made a table, I certainly wouldn't object to people calling it Alex's table.

Now, if everyone got together and called my table inferior to the others and made fun of my table, then we might have an issue.

But I don't think that's what's going on at all in the Dutch commercial.

Anyone who calls it racist is just being overly sensitive.

At worst, I'd say the commercial is a little crude (calling music black or white instead of soulful/contemporary or classic), but Dutch people probably have a crude exposure to diversity.
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I'd say that's pretty racist. - 22/03/2010 01:53:59 PM 715 Views
I don't think it's racist at all - 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM 750 Views
Uh. - 22/03/2010 09:36:35 PM 854 Views
Re: Uh. - 29/03/2010 07:03:14 PM 793 Views
I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:20:09 PM 727 Views
Re: I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:28:34 PM 817 Views
Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:46:15 PM 658 Views
Re: Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:53:56 PM 612 Views
An illustration of Larry's point... - 29/03/2010 08:14:55 PM 681 Views
This. ~points at Larry's post~ *NM* - 29/03/2010 07:42:35 PM 412 Views
Re: This. ~points at Larry's post~ - 29/03/2010 07:57:30 PM 703 Views
Um. - 29/03/2010 08:00:54 PM 855 Views
Re: Um. - 29/03/2010 08:44:31 PM 643 Views
My question for you was on that one line that Larry responded to. - 29/03/2010 08:46:26 PM 674 Views
I was thinking the same thing as Rebekah - 23/03/2010 07:15:51 AM 715 Views
I don't see it - 22/03/2010 08:19:31 PM 708 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/03/2010 08:30:01 PM 398 Views
Re: +2 *NM* - 22/03/2010 09:53:43 PM 398 Views
Re: +3 *NM* - 22/03/2010 10:00:55 PM 376 Views
i'd say the actions in the commercial are more racist than the words - 22/03/2010 10:00:02 PM 701 Views
It would not float here in the US - 22/03/2010 10:07:08 PM 711 Views
Agreed. - 23/03/2010 05:36:14 AM 862 Views
Could you please expand on one point in your reasoning? - 23/03/2010 07:20:31 AM 711 Views
It's not race specific music if it's enjoyed/performed/presented by various races. - 23/03/2010 07:32:33 AM 947 Views
MOBO - 23/03/2010 10:20:22 AM 660 Views
Nice term, if a bit clumsy - 23/03/2010 11:10:34 AM 668 Views
The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think. - 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM 707 Views
I suspect so as well - 23/03/2010 12:32:00 PM 797 Views
Well, the thing is, "American" is PURELY a culture, not a race. - 23/03/2010 01:55:59 PM 913 Views
That's part of what I was thinking - 23/03/2010 07:50:19 AM 1037 Views
Only if it's racist to mention the fact that different races exist. Which seems to be the US view. - 23/03/2010 09:24:23 AM 701 Views
Agreed - 23/03/2010 10:21:59 AM 727 Views
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perhaps not as default... - 23/03/2010 03:08:19 PM 733 Views
The term encompasses listeners, performers and presenters. - 23/03/2010 04:42:55 PM 754 Views
So it's really not about skin color any more, right? - 23/03/2010 09:12:20 PM 789 Views
it's racist and unacceptable. - 23/03/2010 09:07:10 PM 829 Views

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