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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5836839" data-attributes="member: 34175">PC, I would say that the percentage is higher in more integrated states, but only slightly so.I played with 3 black people at my table of 13.&nbsp; You figure that into percentages and that's roughly 23%, definitely higher than the national average I'm sure (I think your guess of 25% is really high there Danny).&nbsp; Taking it away from my table I've known personally 6 other blacks that gamed in the area, 4 from the FLGS - that was in the Baltimore/DC/Annapolis area.&nbsp; A very high African decent population (both African American and native born immigrants), but even though I knew many I would still venture to guess that the total population in that area that were black and gamers was only about 6% tops.Most black friends I had thought it was just weird, even more so than my white friends.&nbsp; I think part of it was a cultural thing, pass-times were a way to get you out of &quot;the hood&quot; and nobody was going to get a Nike endorsement rolling dice and eating pizza.&nbsp; By contrast those gamers I did run into were all college graduates with stable mid to high level incomes, so the economic thing may have had quite a bit to do with it too.By contrast, when moving back to Southern Illinois I have run into exactly 1 black gamer (in the whole area), and frankly, he acts whiter than I do, so I'm not sure what that means.Of course none of this is very scientific and without a national/international census, we are never going to get any real data/facts.&nbsp; Even poling on ENWorld will only give a representative sample of our membership, assuming they actually answer.&nbsp; I am sure if this had come up a few years ago I would have used this as a sociology paper and got an even higher grade than my 102%&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> (And to think, I hated sociology, although the hot professor tried to give me her phone number after I took the final so we could discuss my final project (over coffee or cocktails?), so maybe it isn't so bad after all.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; My wife thought it was funny anyway.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 5836839, member: 34175"] PC, I would say that the percentage is higher in more integrated states, but only slightly so. I played with 3 black people at my table of 13. You figure that into percentages and that's roughly 23%, definitely higher than the national average I'm sure (I think your guess of 25% is really high there Danny). Taking it away from my table I've known personally 6 other blacks that gamed in the area, 4 from the FLGS - that was in the Baltimore/DC/Annapolis area. A very high African decent population (both African American and native born immigrants), but even though I knew many I would still venture to guess that the total population in that area that were black and gamers was only about 6% tops. Most black friends I had thought it was just weird, even more so than my white friends. I think part of it was a cultural thing, pass-times were a way to get you out of "the hood" and nobody was going to get a Nike endorsement rolling dice and eating pizza. By contrast those gamers I did run into were all college graduates with stable mid to high level incomes, so the economic thing may have had quite a bit to do with it too. By contrast, when moving back to Southern Illinois I have run into exactly 1 black gamer (in the whole area), and frankly, he acts whiter than I do, so I'm not sure what that means. Of course none of this is very scientific and without a national/international census, we are never going to get any real data/facts. Even poling on ENWorld will only give a representative sample of our membership, assuming they actually answer. I am sure if this had come up a few years ago I would have used this as a sociology paper and got an even higher grade than my 102% :D (And to think, I hated sociology, although the hot professor tried to give me her phone number after I took the final so we could discuss my final project (over coffee or cocktails?), so maybe it isn't so bad after all. ;) My wife thought it was funny anyway.) [/QUOTE]

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