"white middle class journalists and DJs who tirelessly peddle this "music" to an uninterested public"

Penguin Egg - If what you say is true then this music will disappear on it's own. But if the CD's are still being stocked in your local record store - and if they are still selling - then you're wrong. The marketplace is driven by one thing only - and that's money. I suggest that the best thing you can do to make "world music" go away is to not spend any of your hard earned money on it.

And if someone has been forcing you to listen to it without your consent - call the police.

Is it alright for those people who DO like world music to continue to listen to it ?