I am not concerned about the man's music.

It seems to me that what he said if correctly reported thoroughly earned the original epithet.

After that, I don't really care if he is a charitable racist who raises loads of money for good causes - he is still a racist, and the sexual nature of his comments makes him a racist prick.

It is of course possible that experience teaches one something about the frequency with which characteristics are found in races - for example Africans are more frequently black than English people from the leafier suburbs, and I am sure that cultures have behaviour patterns that differ from those of other cultures too, but there was a nasty appearance of conquest and condescension about Mayer's words.

It occurs to me to wonder if Mayer's name indicates Jewish descent? If so one could imagine mirroring remarks that might make him bridle - some of which might reflect attitudes I saw in people I knew who worked for a time on kibbutzes in the 60s and 70s, and which rather bothered me even then.