# Gender, race, and other issues (split off from Doper Demographics thread)

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**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091 "2022-09-07T00:09:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091/30 "2022-09-06T16:47:09Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> Modding has improved greatly, I can’t stress that enough but let’s not pat ourselves in the back too hard.

Like you said, too little too late. Allowing twenty years of “scientific” racism and “show me your tits” posts pretty much guaranteed a mostly white male board. And these weren’t things that just slipped in occasionally, they were specifically allowed. There is no way to claw back to those numbers with the decline in message board participation.

> [@Doper Demographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834/58):
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> Same! Well, not sure if 53 counts as old.

Oh no, you are old! 🙂

> [@Doper Demographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834/70):
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> Conversely, I don’t like fart humor, and I’m an old white guy.

Agree. Pretty much any body elimination or pimple popping thread get a hard pass from me.

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