I've noticed a tendency by American Mudcatters to sort of assume that America is the whole world - that last post didn't, which is what reminded me of it. Most black people don't live in America. Generalisations about ths kind of thing really should indicate which part of the world they are meant to apply in.

That's not a gripe, it's an observation. It's a natural reflection of the fact that Internet users have been overhwelmingly Americans, but that's a stage that's drawing to an end.