I took it that way for a split second too (the racist thing).
I didn't know so many people were for this motion movement controller thing, but I was also surprised when xbox avatars came and went easily without much bashing.
There is almost nothing MS and I guess Sony can bash the Wii for, they are going to copy it in some form later but slowly, that's the key - gotta ease in the copying. People won't notice it much.