That said, imo, it would greatly enrich any Mudcat discussions about American Traditional Music if we {Mudcat} had more posters who are people of color.

In that respect, to paraphrase McGrath of Harlow's comment, I think more needs to be done than "start threads and they will come".

Actually, I would guess that more 'theys' than me and the few other members who acknowledge their non-White ancestry have lurked on Mudcat and either haven't posted [yet] or haven't stuck around.

That's a shame.