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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 825 Views
I don't think it's racist at all - 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM 879 Views
Uh. - 22/03/2010 09:36:35 PM 967 Views
Re: Uh. - 29/03/2010 07:03:14 PM 910 Views
I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:20:09 PM 830 Views
Re: I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:28:34 PM 933 Views
Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:46:15 PM 763 Views
Re: Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:53:56 PM 722 Views
An illustration of Larry's point... - 29/03/2010 08:14:55 PM 786 Views
This. ~points at Larry's post~ *NM* - 29/03/2010 07:42:35 PM 461 Views
Re: This. ~points at Larry's post~ - 29/03/2010 07:57:30 PM 811 Views
Um. - 29/03/2010 08:00:54 PM 956 Views
Re: Um. - 29/03/2010 08:44:31 PM 761 Views
My question for you was on that one line that Larry responded to. - 29/03/2010 08:46:26 PM 794 Views
I was thinking the same thing as Rebekah - 23/03/2010 07:15:51 AM 826 Views
I don't see it - 22/03/2010 08:19:31 PM 825 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/03/2010 08:30:01 PM 446 Views
Re: +2 *NM* - 22/03/2010 09:53:43 PM 448 Views
Re: +3 *NM* - 22/03/2010 10:00:55 PM 427 Views
i'd say the actions in the commercial are more racist than the words - 22/03/2010 10:00:02 PM 802 Views
It would not float here in the US - 22/03/2010 10:07:08 PM 818 Views
Agreed. - 23/03/2010 05:36:14 AM 979 Views
Could you please expand on one point in your reasoning? - 23/03/2010 07:20:31 AM 830 Views
It's not race specific music if it's enjoyed/performed/presented by various races. - 23/03/2010 07:32:33 AM 1059 Views
MOBO - 23/03/2010 10:20:22 AM 771 Views
Nice term, if a bit clumsy - 23/03/2010 11:10:34 AM 788 Views
The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think. - 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM 817 Views
I suspect so as well - 23/03/2010 12:32:00 PM 920 Views
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That's part of what I was thinking - 23/03/2010 07:50:19 AM 1153 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 807 Views
Agreed - 23/03/2010 10:21:59 AM 841 Views
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perhaps not as default... - 23/03/2010 03:08:19 PM 861 Views
The term encompasses listeners, performers and presenters. - 23/03/2010 04:42:55 PM 867 Views
So it's really not about skin color any more, right? - 23/03/2010 09:12:20 PM 897 Views
it's racist and unacceptable. - 23/03/2010 09:07:10 PM 932 Views

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