I think that's a significant part of the equation, but not a bar. When you don't see an echo of yourself in something, it is that much harder to comsider that as a path for yourself. That is why I think it is important for all the sports color barriers to be broken. Records aside, one of the most important things tiger Woods ever did was simply play pro golf well as a person of mixed race. Black participation in golf has exploded since he started winning.
Little black girls played with little blonde barbies before there were little black barbies, after all. And like the discussion in the other thread hinted, a high percentage of my fantasy art drawings were and still are about white people.
Likewise, my youngest cousin, like me, is nuts about Greek & Norse mythology. Unlike me, though, he's never expressed an interest in TT gaming- he loves his console games.
So percentages have risen over the years, but we're still "Rare, % in lair 25%".
Little black girls played with little blonde barbies before there were little black barbies, after all. And like the discussion in the other thread hinted, a high percentage of my fantasy art drawings were and still are about white people.
Likewise, my youngest cousin, like me, is nuts about Greek & Norse mythology. Unlike me, though, he's never expressed an interest in TT gaming- he loves his console games.
So percentages have risen over the years, but we're still "Rare, % in lair 25%".