Discriminating taste

I can't recall being directly discriminated against but I can recall feeling like an outsider because of my race. In my previous job there was a lot of diversity. It seemed like folks still grouped outside and to some extent inside of work by race. I had a close friend of mine that was celebrating a promotion so I went to his promotion party. I was one of the few causcasians at the party. I was told I was their "token white-guy". It didn't really offend me but I couldn't help but wonder if the roles had been reversed would another person have taken offense. I find it ironic that we want to take any reference to race as an offense if it is a caucasian saying it. At the same time it is perfectly acceptable for race to be used as an excuse for actions that would be inappropriate otherwise if you are not a caucasian. Ofili is a prime example of this. He puts out an overtly offensive work and calls it art. He even makes attempts to justify this as an exploration of his African heritage. I also find it ironic that he wants total acceptance of his work because he is black stating that his work is about black exploitation. Simultaneously he tries to gain fame through that very same venue thereby being a perpetrator of exploitation himself.