I am a "Black" tech blogger. My site is morningpaper.typepad.com. Boing has linked us a few times actually. I have a staff of writers, three of which are Black. I nor do they seem to feel the need to advertise that fact in description or writing style. Just don't see the point. And I for one certainly do not wish to classify myself by using certain words or phrases that are deemed "Black". But to each his/her own. My personal opinion is the internet can be that place where race and gender don't matter. If folks like what you do, they should be able to so without term limits. The Blogisphere can be that place where people begin to understand that we are all basically the same.

I think you may be surprised at how many bloggers are Black, Latin and Asian. I have been (sadly) surprised many times. Even by writers I have hired to write, and found myself shocked to discover they were Black. And that very "surprise" is the problem. Why should I be surprised? The Media and entertainment industry have put Blacks in a box for so long, that even when Black people peer in, we're surprised by what we find.