I just went back and read my post and I can see how that last statement might be offensive. I only meant that there is probably a lot less diversity in the Dutch community (where black people are concerned, at least) than in America. I don't have the stats at hand, but I'm pretty sure America is a lot more racially sensitive (due to our history and high minority populations) than a lot of european nations. Take a look at the Spanish National basketball team's photoshoot for the '08 Olympics in Beijing.

What I was trying to say in the post was that calling something "black" isn't racially hateful, i.e. racist. It might be insensitive though to some people who don't want to be characterized by their race, but unless there's hate or degradation behind it, it's not racist.

I think a lot of great jazz artists who aren't black, would say the add is crude and stupid, but the fact remains african-american people largely created jazz/soulful music.

Again, I hearken to my table example. I made a table so it's ok if you call it Alex's table, but I wouldn't appreciate it if you called it Alex's table and made it synonymous with something stupid or defective.

Maybe dutch people have a strong association with soulful r and b or jazz music and black people, I'm not sure. But if that's the case, then I don't see it is racist at all. Asians are often depicted as martial artists even though there are many non-asian martial artists. This isn't racist at all, though it may be racially insensitive in some cases.