Au contraire, Jeri. This sort of labelling of music by American and British white music industry hacks has everything to do with institutionalized racism in the music industry. It isn't new, as a couple of us has pointed out. Just because the person/people who invented the term are popular/powerful people in the British folk scene doesn't mean the term isn't racist.

People's refusals here to engage about racism and classism in music in this thread merely demonstrates their own ignorance and fear regarding race and class issues. This thread is a discussion of a term the original poster believes to be racist and classist. So why is using the racism inflammatory in this context?

How can one be trolling by mentioning race in a thread about race? Or are you just trying to demonize a poster who's opinion doesn't match your worldview?