Do Black folk appreciate White music as much as White folk appreciate Black music?

Ok perhaps I’m generalizing, but I’m not so sure. I’m a white guy, used to be married to a black woman and have dated black women since high school. My experience is that black people don’t have nearly the appreciation for white music as much a white people appreciate black music.

I remember having to practically force the Beatles on my ex-wife. She didn’t get it at first, but once she did, she couldn’t get enough of them. She ended up loving them, but readily admitted that white music typically didn’t have enough bass to satisfy the black music pallet. She also thought the vocals and lyrics of black music was better suited to the black culture. But she did like Elvis, and M&M.

She also loved the soundtrack for Boogie Nights, which I believe was mostly white music.

I on the other hand, and most of my musically inclined white friends have always had a fondness for black music. From Al Green to Hendrix to Sly to George Clinton, and let’s not forget all the Blues…

But I also adore acoustic Iranian guitar… My ex-wife did not.

So, aside from making this a typical black/white issue, what about other cultures, races? I was at an American/Russian wedding recently. The music was split between typical white rock and vintage Russian dance. The Russians rushed the floor when their music was played, but vanished when the Christina Aguilera played.

What’s up with that?