+griffinox Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Something made me wonder the other day...I've never seen a picture of a black/asian/etc., cacher. I've only seen white people. What IS the racial makeup of the caching community? Quote Link to comment
+SmartSapper Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Something made me wonder the other day...I've never seen a picture of a black/asian/etc., cacher. I've only seen white people. What IS the racial makeup of the caching community? 100% Human Being. Except for a few hamsters, weasels and rabbits. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Quote Link to comment
+Groovy Cachin' Dude! Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Dude = Finnish, Dannish, Welsh, Irish, French-Canadian Sweet = Filipino/Italian Both born in the United States of America Quote Link to comment
+Pablo Mac Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Pablo Mac is one of the 77%, not that there's anything wrong with that. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander What about Smurfs and other woodland creatures? Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Where did you get those figures? I don't recall having to fill out any demographic questions when signing up other than location? Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Tell me, how in the heckamadoodledingdonghell would anyone know that information? Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Where did you get those figures? I don't recall having to fill out any demographic questions when signing up other than location? Dude, there is a slight possibility that that is a joke. Quote Link to comment
+Ichabod Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Something made me wonder the other day...I've never seen a picture of a black/asian/etc., cacher. I've only seen white people. What IS the racial makeup of the caching community? If you REALLY need to see some pictures of some cachers of color, check out my gallery... I've got two in the making. Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Where did you get those figures? I don't recall having to fill out any demographic questions when signing up other than location? Dude, there is a slight possibility that that is a joke. If those figures are wrong then, then we may need to institute some form of affirmation action or quota system to assure all ethnic, racial, gender, religious, political sexual orientation, creeds, able and different abled folk are equally represented. The caucasian patriarchy of geocaching's paradigm must be destroyed so a new more diverse community can arise. Edited June 17, 2006 by brodiebunch Quote Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 We will never become truly 100% all human beings as long as every form you fill out asks about what race you are. And everytime something bad happens to an ethnic group, they blame it on the color of their skin as opposed to what is inside. Martin Luther King would be disgusted with how everyone is behaving.. This is not what he wanted or envisioned.. Quote Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 We will never become truly 100% all human beings as long as every form you fill out asks about what race you are. And everytime something bad happens to an ethnic group, they blame it on the color of their skin as opposed to what is inside. Martin Luther King would be disgusted with how everyone is behaving.. This is not what he wanted or envisioned.. We've come a long way since the 60s, but we still have a long way to go.... Quote Link to comment
+humanloofa Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I am what I am, and I try to be the best at that that I can be. Quote Link to comment
ElevenBravo Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I didnt think it even mattered... Im pretty busy and dont have time to think up such things. :-) Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I am what I am, and I try to be the best at that that I can be. Popeye? Is that you? Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Does it really matter? Put me down as silver if it does. Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) I don't know what race Markwell is. For that matter no one can explain the middle-aged Jewish white guy with the Japanese geocaching name and who has an avatar of a burly black man with a Mohawk haircut. Edited June 17, 2006 by tozainamboku Quote Link to comment
+budd-rdc Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 If those figures are wrong then, then we may need to institute some form of affirmation action or quota system to assure all ethnic, racial, gender, religious, political sexual orientation, creeds, able and different abled folk are equally represented. The caucasian patriarchy of geocaching's paradigm must be destroyed so a new more diverse community can arise. Only if Geocaching is federally-funded. This was discussed many months ago around the time South Carolina's Cemetery Cache controversy was the hot topic. Many conclusions were reached, but it seems Geocaching is not racist, so let's hope this thread doesn't degenerate to that level. A better question might be wondering about the demographics in each region (for example, by state or country). The OP's question is too broad and invites too many trolls. Quote Link to comment
+Drgnsrealm Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Well I am part indian, Irish, german, and I'm sure at one point in time I had a great aunt that was african-american. So what percent do I fit in? Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) I am what I am, and I try to be the best at that that I can be. Popeye? Is that you? Dang, you beat me to it. Edited June 17, 2006 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) ... Edited June 17, 2006 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+Team Tigger International Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I am above all things an American ... I was born here and raised here. My Partner and the love of my life is Canadian born and raised . Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I know what I appear to be, but I don't know how accurate the assesment is. The doc' wanted to keep me locked up until I was all bette... oh wait.. race? Nevermind. /Dark haired*, brown-eyed freckle-boy. *To be fair, salt and pepper now. Quote Link to comment
+sillygirl & jrr Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander I just thought he was referring to his own personal racial identity. But then again, I live in Hawaii where many people can choose more than one box on the race/ethnicity chart. JRR Edited to say it's my hand holding that e-trex legend... Edited June 17, 2006 by sillygirl & jrr Quote Link to comment
+Team Sand Dollar Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I thought the only Race in Geocaching was to the FTF. Team Sand Dollar Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I thought the only Race in Geocaching was to the FTF. Team Sand Dollar But I purposefully don't go for FTF... does this mean I don't exist? Then how am I typing on this forum... *mental meltdown* FREUD, SAVE ME! /I too think the race component is interesting, though I don't believe it has the slightest thing to do with geocaching at it's core. It's just a people thing. Quote Link to comment
+grey_wolf & momcat Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 To ask the question a person would almost have to be a government employee or a ? Quote Link to comment
+beejay&esskay Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Homo Sapiens started in Africa, so I suppose most of us in the US are Afro-Americans. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 This thread's much tamer then last time. Quote Link to comment
gridlox Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Something made me wonder the other day...I've never seen a picture of a black/asian/etc., cacher. I've only seen white people. What IS the racial makeup of the caching community? 100% Human Being. Except for a few hamsters, weasels and rabbits. And Possums!! Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) We are husband and wife team. Wife is white, Norwegian American with some Lapp thrown in. Husband is 100% Native American, born and raised on the reservation. Edited June 17, 2006 by Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 For that matter no one can explain the middle-aged Jewish white guy with the Japanese geocaching name and who has an avatar of a burly black man with a Mohawk haircut. Gawddamm! This is what I love about being an American! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Homo Sapiens started in Africa, so I suppose most of us in the US are Afro-Americans. When cut to the chase you are right. Africa has the most genetic diversity in it's people. The rest of the world is just a DNA subset derived from those few who left. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Where did you get those figures? I don't recall having to fill out any demographic questions when signing up other than location? I wrote down a bunch on numbers on a piece of paper and chose the ones that sounded about right. Quote Link to comment
+Chinchilla_Man Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Something made me wonder the other day...I've never seen a picture of a black/asian/etc., cacher. I've only seen white people. What IS the racial makeup of the caching community? 100% Human Being. Except for a few hamsters, weasels and rabbits. And Possums!! And Chinchillas!! Quote Link to comment
+dkwolf Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 When I get cut, I bleed red. I'd imagine everyone else does as well. That's good enough for me. Quote Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Well I am part indian, Irish, german, and I'm sure at one point in time I had a great aunt that was african-american. So what percent do I fit in? What is African-American? Does that mean you have dual citizenship in both Africa and America? Why can't we just be American's? The term "African-American" in itself is racist. Martin Luther King tried so hard to make us all equal, but everyone tries so hard to seperate themselves into different little groups. Quote Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Homo Sapiens started in Africa, so I suppose most of us in the US are Afro-Americans. When cut to the chase you are right. Africa has the most genetic diversity in it's people. The rest of the world is just a DNA subset derived from those few who left. Not everyone believes we evolved from Monkees (I for one). In fact, it's somewhat offensive if you think about it. Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 (edited) Homo Sapiens started in Africa, so I suppose most of us in the US are Afro-Americans. When cut to the chase you are right. Africa has the most genetic diversity in it's people. The rest of the world is just a DNA subset derived from those few who left. Not everyone believes we evolved from Monkees (I for one). In fact, it's somewhat offensive if you think about it. Exactly. Why blame the monkeys for everything and offend them? Edited June 18, 2006 by Corp Of Discovery Quote Link to comment
+CheshireFrog Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Not everyone believes we evolved from Monkees (I for one). In fact, it's somewhat offensive if you think about it. You mean like Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolenz? Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 i always thought it was from apes not monkeys... though after seeing some people i could be persuaded... 100% almost human here. and i have a certificate to prove it... it really doesn't matter though as long as there is nothing to prevent anyone regardless of race colour creed or disability from joining in with the insanity. Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Martin Luther King tried so hard to make us all equal, but everyone tries so hard to seperate themselves into different little groups. "God made all men, Sam Colt made them equal" Bonus points if you tell me what movie I heard that in. Quote Link to comment
+ReadyOrNot Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Not everyone believes we evolved from Monkees (I for one). In fact, it's somewhat offensive if you think about it. You mean like Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolenz? I couldn't figure out what the heck you were talking about.... But it just sunk in.. I guess I'm a bit of a youngin' Quote Link to comment
+GSVNoFixedAbode Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Excuse me, but you appear to have forgotten the 17.2% of us that have been processed here through the (Eastern) Galactic Arm Migrants & Illegal Nationals body snatchers programme. Quote Link to comment
+SmartSapper Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Where did you get those figures? I don't recall having to fill out any demographic questions when signing up other than location? I wrote down a bunch on numbers on a piece of paper and chose the ones that sounded about right. Please tell me that you don't work for the IRS... Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 "God made all men, Sam Colt made them equal" Not true! They are now seperated by skill at shooting. Not everyone is a crack shot. Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 77% Caucasian 15% Asian 7% Black 1% Native American/Inuit/Pacific islander Excuse me, but you appear to have forgotten the 17.2% of us that have been processed here through the (Eastern) Galactic Arm Migrants & Illegal Nationals body snatchers programme. Shhhh! You agreed to remain silent about such matters for 5,000 years. Quote Link to comment
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