'When we look at folkies do we think "ooh, ye olde England - I bet they're reactionary bigots"?

I posed much the same question much earlier in this thread:

So what do you think is the reaction of most people when they see a morris side then Reynard,

'oh look, there's a morris side' perhaps, or 'oh look there's a group of people with black faces, so they must be racist'

(actually, and sadly, the reaction from a lot is probably 'look at that bunch of prats')

The person I addressed the question to did not answer!