Racist to ban vuvuzelas? HA!

So this NYC councilman Charles Barron, who is a gubernatorial candidate for the "black led Freedom Party" (Isn't that racist?) responds that it IS racist to try to ban the sound of the vuvuzela at the World Cup because it was indigenous to "our country," meaning South Africa. Hm. Wonder why he's a NYC councilman if "his" country is South Africa and not the United States of America. Granted, the interviewer leads the councilman, who has a history of squealing about everything as racist; Barron is a Black Panther who believes in reparations, and amnesty and voting for illegals,not necessarily in that order.  

 The problem with Mr. Barron's leap to racism is that there's some question as to the origin of the vuvuzela, although there is a South African fellow who calls himself "Saddam" who claims he created it and is currently hawking a CD. No word on how that's selling.
 The company now marketing the current plastic vuvuzela has 3 parts, unlike "Saddam's"  earlier tin version. Here "Saddam" speaks, as does the seller of the hotcake vuvuzela:

"I'm a man who loves a challenge. That's why they call me Saddam. I love Saddam Hussein because he died protecting his country. I'm also protecting my country."

Masincedane Sport said it came up with the vuvuzela itself. Neil van Schalkwyk, 36, its founder, said he is a football fan and used to play semi-professionally. "I saw a tin version of the product at the stadiums," he recalled. "With my background in plastics, I spoke to my then manager about us developing a plastic version in about 1999. The first samples were made in 2001 and we started getting the product out into the market then."

An AP writer doesn't agree with Councilman Charles Barron's accusation of racism for wanting to ban the vuvuzela, suggesting (a wag might say whinging) that a courteous country would acknowledge the differences between countries for the many visitors from around the world. It is planet football, after all:

Vuvuzela apologists - a few more weeks of this brainless white noise will perhaps change, or melt, their minds - defend the din as simply part of the South African experience. Each country to its own, they say. When in Rome, blah, blah, blah.

Which would be fine if this was purely a South African competition. Fans could then legitimately hoot away to their hearts' content while annoying no one other than their immediate neighbors.

This Telegraph article, which has 20 things you never wanted to know about the vuvuzela like the fact that ear damage can occur within 15 minutes, says the origin of the vuvuzela isn't even African:

1. Despite its clear links to South Africa and the fact that most South African fans have a horn tied around their neck, the vuvuzela originated in Mexico. 

  If you've suffered through the sound of World Cup soccer this year, you'll be glad to know that the inventor of the vuvuzela in its current form is often referred to, even by himself, as the "most hated man" in the world. 
  Which is some consolation if you figure that he's already made 44 million pounds off it.
  That's over 65 million dollars.
  And that ear damage? No racism there.