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In the second paragraph of the article on Scott Joplin, Wikipedia states that he is from an African American musical family. This is a RACIST statement: Mr Joplin is from an American misical family! Why is it necessary to specify that he an African American? If Mr Joplin were caucasian, would the statement read: 'Scott Joplin is from an Caucasian American family?' If Mr Joplin were Asian, would the statement read: Scott Joplin is from an Asian American family? The point is that it is not necessary to specify if Mr Joplin is White, Black, Latin, Asian, etc. He was a great American Mucisian and that it!