I am not sure about this, Johnny. I am not being purposely stupid, nor am I defending Conrads statements, but I realy do not understand while you feel he is being racist?

To quote one of his lines - "I do not discount the contribution of African Americans to the development of Jazz but please do not strain the white man or the european ingredients out of the gumbo."

If it said that the black contribution was more important than the white or the white more than the black then yes, it would be racist. I think however that the general drift is that the presenter omitted certain vital components from the development of a particular genre.

To me Conrad simply points out that presenter did not give a true history of jazz. I must admit that, being UK side, I did not see the program so I cannot say whether he did or didn't.

In the interests of understanding can someone point out to me how and where Conrads post was racist???

I do agree with Joe BTW but as this comment is specificaly about Johnny's posting rather than the original it is perhaps better here?

Cheers

Dave the Gnome