Sorry but need to correct this.

Jake wrote

It's the same thing that happened with jazz - invented by Americans but subsequently ignored by the American population and embraced in Europe and Asia.
Black Americans.

House was invented by DJ Ron Hardy. A Blackman.
Some Blackmans (Saunderson, Mills and Bailly) from detroit mixed Ron's groove with Kraftwork and Techno was born.

Maybe Americans are just Racists.