There is a long history of certain musical genres like House, Techno, and Disco being associated with marginalized communities in the United States. As such, were discriminated against by mainstream (read: white people) society at large for a long time, and maybe still even to some degree. I live in the Southern United States, and I still meet people all the time who hear House music and immediately think and say "this is gay club music." Which is really annoying, and representative of deeper prejudices than whether or not they like the music. You should look up the "Disco Demolition Night" thing in Chicago like 1979, I believe. It's pretty indicative of what I'm talking about.
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Yea I've actually seen footage of the disco demolition night I think on some old VH1 "I Love The 70s" program. And I was like jesus why are they all so damn mad??! That's an interesting point you make about associating house and techno etc. with marginalized people. It's a shame they don't give it a chance, in the end they're missing out on experiencing something great and a new facet of art and music