Is Stephen Merritt a Racist?

Here's a quote from the New York Times (quoted from Salon): "If the number of black artists in your iPod falls too far below 12.5 percent of the total, then you are violating someone's civil rights." There should be a link below, but Blogger (defective piece of crap) won't publish links for me lately. The URL is there for cut and paste for those interested.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/arts/music/18rock.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin


Stephen Merritt of the Magnetic Fields was accused of being a racist because black artists are underepresented in his musical tastes, because he said Zip a dee doo dah was a catchy tune. Does this logic carry through in that if you don't like klesmer music, then you're an antisemite? Does anybody else see this--the interpretation of one's personal artistic tastes, by others as bigoted behavior--as ridiculous? Am I misinformed on this? Underread? Please enlighten me.