Good points by all on the wealthy background/leisure time thing. I came from Orange County, Ca. one of the richest areas inthe world. We had a few women players a few Hispanic/Latino/Native Cental-South American whaterever they want to be called now players, a Black player or two (who am I to say if they aren't pure African rather than Afro-American), and quite a few Asian players. But 90% Anglo (Western Euro decent).
I really think a reason that there aren't more "minority" players in all fantasy games is due to there general underrepresentation in the general populace. Fantasy gamers of all sorts probably account for 1-3% of the overall population of the USA (for example) Take Hispanics; in California, I would guess that they represent between 12%-18% of the total population, but only 10% of those Hispanics fall into a demographic that makes fatasy gaming a viable hobby (location, income, support of community). take 1-3% of these guys and gals, and there you go, very very few interested in even playing.
Add to this the phrases commonly used in Magic:
"Fuck"
"Random Mexcian"
"Fuckin' scrub/little kid"
"Jesus Christ"
"Suck it down"
"Fag/homo/butt pirate/brown eye"
jeez, why do I go to tournaments...
Now I live in diverse LA and the local shop I go to looks like this:
15% Hispanic
20% Asian/Pacific Islander (yes, not just Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese)
0% Black
65% White
and 0 women. I don't blame them, it's kind of a juvenille environment.
Just for the record
23
Nordic (Anglo, not Saxon)
B.S. Business Management
married, no kids (3 cats)
Apartment
1 car
$35,000
and don't take any thing/racial type I wrote as derogatory. I just have a real hard time buying into race typing and the accepted term for one's race or background.
Erik