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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
Yes, but TV on The Radio have the angle of being black and playing indie rock, which is to say, that while racism is largely deemed extremely unfashionable in the indie rock community, this trend is not reflected in the record collection or listening habits of an indie rock listener who will most likely have less than 3 records made by black people in their collection, so to quell their anxiety as to whether they are really a racist in denial, the indie rocker buys a record made by TV on The Radio that a) allows them to imagine themselves as appreciating cultural & ethnic diversity but b) doesn't really stray too far into the scary territory of the non-white. Thus TV on The Radio corner their particular market.
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Not only that, there's also the fact that your average white indie male will be convinced that the only way to protect themselves from accusations of being racist is by buying and embracing hip hop, as if it's the only music made by black people. See also blues. Or as if racism only concerns black people as such.