Segregation by musical taste in USA is true?

[mrstickball]

AbbathTheGrim said:

mrstickball said:
Generally, yes.

But the stereotype is primarily of blacks disliking non-black music such as rock, metal, pop, ect.

Wait, Rock (and thus Metal) and Pop have african-american roots.

Of course it does.

I'm not arguing where rock originated from. It has its roots in blues and jazz which are heavily black-driven genres. The quintessential rock guitarist is black (Hendrix). Most of the greatest pop/disco artists of the 60s and 70s are black. That doesn't change the current, horrific perception of black music inside of current mainstream black culture.

I'd venture to guess that 90-95% of blacks' primary genre purchases are rap, hip-hop and R&B, with the only possible other genres being black gospel.

Its very sad that the black culture is so centered on a few genres, when they've made such fantastic contributions in virtually every genre. I wish there'd be more Tosin Abbasi's or Howard Jones' in the world.