[sharcnorris]

Originally Posted by Hawksun

For my part, I think world music is a fine categorization as it is. Otherwise we would have to categorize EVERY form/genre/style/subgenre. My local record store has a whole section labeled World music but which use countries as subcategories ; I think that's it's probably the best compromise in terms of both respect and efficiency. Otherwise it would be an administrative nightmare.

I know the term is pretty U.S.A.-centric, but we gotta learn to live with some music journalist's misnomer that got accepted as a whole genre descriptor.

--Hawksun

I agree with Hawk and Roger.
If you want controversy, World and Ethnic are just PC terms for Native Music by People of Color. If a White man is in Front, you can bet the Originators are performing in the back