Dave the gnome, if blacks have contributed more than whites to jazz, or vice versa, is it really rascist, these days, to say so? What about blues? I would say that blacks have made a far greater contribution to this tradition than whites, and I can think of contexts in which that point would be worth making. Does this make me a rascist in your book, or am I misunderstanding your post?

(Well put as usual, by the way, Joe.)