glueman, I recognize that my comments are off-topic. I also recognize that four days have passed since you wrote that post that I find concerning. However, I just read this thread this morning for the first time.

I consider your use of the "N" word in your post to be racially insensitive. Furthermore, I think that the "Black person" as outsider wanting the "sweets in the back of the shop" analogy of your post is racially problematic.

In addition, I note that one other poster quoted an excerpted form of that comment which I consider racially insensitive, and another poster quoted that full comment. I also note that neither poster-nor anyone else before my post-indicated that they had any thoughts or concerns about the racial inappropriateness of your sentence.

As an African American, and as a human being I felt that I had to publicly indicate my concern about that sentence.

glueman, As I have written, I consider the use of the "N" word and that entire sentence to be racialy insensitive. However, I don't believe that you are racist. Nor do I believe that the other posters who quoted that full sentence or part of that sentence are racists.

I publicly indicate this in the hope that in the future you and/or others might refrain from using racial analogies to make the points that you are striving to make.

Having made that point, I leave you and others to continue this discussion about folk music.