Buck-

I think that the "buck" sometimes stops with us [we who post here]. It seems to me that the view that "Mudcat is what it is" is counter-productive. Imo, like any organization, it would benefit Mudcat to go 'meta' and engage in periodic if not ongoing evaluation as a means of ensuring that we are doing the best we can to meet the organization's [the community's stated goals...

I feel that if we [Mudcat]want to welcome new members-of any race or ethnicity-we have to be welcoming.

And I think, for the most part, we are.

As I see it, a big hurdle is getting African Americans I interact with to become more familiar with and comfortable with the Internet period-and then with discussion forums.

I don't doubt that in time, there will be more African Americans [and other people of color]posting here -particularly when there are more topics such as what the Guest threadstarter indicated an interest in.