"Try posting here as a conservative. Then come to me with your whining." - John Hardly

Political opinions are a matter of personal choice, influenced by life experience. Not quite the same thing as dealing with "race".
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Recognising that that we have some significant difference from the people surrounding us can mean facing a dilemma. (By "significant" I don't mean necessarily important in itself, but as marking us out in a way that can be seen as important). We can ignore it as irrelevant until it become, which is liable to be interpreted as secretive or even as dishonest or cowardly. Or we can make a point of drawing attention to it, even when it's not immediately relevant, which is liable to get interpreted as obsessive.

There are internet forums in which virtually everyone contributing was male, and assumed to be male unless they specifically indicate they are not I can imagine a women posting to such a forum would come up against analogous difficulties to those mentioned by Azizi. As it is that doesn't arise, and there is no such assumption. I've no idea what proportion of us are male or female, just that there are a lot of both kind.

I'd like it better if the Mudcat was more like that when it came to "race", and those kind of difficulties didn't arise. I very much value Azizi's contribution, including the implicit reminder that we are a bit monochromatic.