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If you want to have fun, just accuse the people who say things like that of racism, because they're actively minimizing the accomplishments of all the obscure black artists The Beatles stole ideas from... that they basically got credit for because it was more palatable to attribute it to young white guys in the climate of the 1950s/early 1960s (see also Elvis, Buddy Holly, and most of the rest of the roots of "rock and roll" as a genre - including many of the Beatles' own admitted early influences).

Or for real fun, (accurately) point out that most of their cultural influence (especially early in their career) stems less from their music and more from the fact that they were cute young boys that teen girls could crush on. They were basically a boy band.