1/Data dump on race and hobbies 
2/We know that people have social networks that are disproportionately of their own race. Could one reason be differences in interests? Wanted to collect data on demographics of hobbies since this is a less talked about aspect of racial differences
4/ Skiing: "According to data from the National Ski Areas Association, 88.2% of visitors to ski areas during the 2019-20 season were white, while just 1.8% were Black." steamboatpilot.com/news/indivisib…
5/ Citizen Science: "According to a study of volunteers prior to 2020, 95% of citizen scientists identified as white." gcn.com/data-analytics…
8/ Hunting:
9/ Wildlife watchers:
11/ Cruise Passengers (2008) "Predominantly white/Caucasian (93%) person." Only looked into this because of videos of people getting into fights. windrosenetwork.com/The-Cruise-Ind…
15/ Board Games. (From a survey made done about a guy who wrote a book about board games) meeplemountain.com/articles/whos-….
16/ Creators of board games:
https://twitter.com/TruueDiscipline/status/1508657290504638465
18/ "USA Cycling recently revealed that its membership was 86 percent White" washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…
19/ Rodeo visitors (Houston 2008) "driving the percentage of Anglo visitors down to nearly 71 percent compared with 81 percent a decade ago." chron.com/news/houston-t…
22/ Cosplay: "Caucasians represented 68% of the sample, Asians represented 12%, Latino/Hispanic represented 5% and Native American represented
0.5% of respondents. Eleven percent identified as 'Mixed' and 4% of the respondents
identified as 'Other'." drrobinrosenberg.com/resources/Cosp…
0.5% of respondents. Eleven percent identified as 'Mixed' and 4% of the respondents
identified as 'Other'." drrobinrosenberg.com/resources/Cosp…
26/ Scuba diving: "65 percent Caucasian, 14 percent African American, 9 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 9 percent Hispanic, 3 percent “other”"thedivelab.dan.org/2014/12/17/scu…
27/ Television viewers. Note broadcast and streaming viewers are disproportionately black. tvline.com/2022/06/21/liv…
28/ Skateboarders: "The majority of survey respondents self-identified as male
(75%), straight (72%), and White (54%), with 43% of
respondents identifying as a skater of color." files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED609…
(75%), straight (72%), and White (54%), with 43% of
respondents identifying as a skater of color." files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED609…
31/ Traveling abroad: "Black Americans are much less likely to have ever traveled abroad (49%) than White (75%) or Hispanic Americans (73%)." pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021…
32/Podcast listeners: insiderintelligence.com/content/podcas…
34/ Demographics of various intellectual pursuits as documented by @powerfultakes unz.com/akarlin/salon-…
35/ Cultural activity participation by race:
https://twitter.com/TruueDiscipline/status/1478903707815186433
36/ Volunteering: "The most recent statistical data on volunteers in the US shows that Whites continued to volunteer at a higher rate (26.4 percent) than Blacks (19.3 percent), Asians (17.9 percent), and Hispanics (15.5 percent)." volpro.net/race-and-volun…
37/ Tangentially related whites are also more likely to donate blood and organs:
https://twitter.com/TruueDiscipline/status/1433945471471390721
Overall whites seem more interested in adventure and nature which makes sense given tweet below. As expected whites and Asians are overrepresented in intellectual pursuits. Blacks are overrepresented as protestors and TV viewers, and social media users.
https://twitter.com/TruueDiscipline/status/1426680534231502848
Note: This data comes from various different years. I also can't guarantee all of the surveys are perfectly representative, but tried to find the best I could.
I looked for info on these hobbies but couldn't find any. If you have data on these, or any other hobbies, please share!
People who might be interested: @Steve_Sailer @KirkegaardEmil @MrGeorgeFrancis @BosqueAli @Shiftant @HbdNrx @VDAREJamesK @HarmlessYardDog
Psychedelic Drugs: today.yougov.com/topics/society…
Home meal preparation: nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
Festivals: theguardian.com/music/2017/jul…
82 percent of overall artists booked for mainstream dance music festivals in 2019 were male. 76 percent were white, while 14 percent were Black and 18 percent were female. Half a percent were trans, while 10 percent were neither black nor white (other)." beatportal.com/beatport-news/…
Going to bars/pubs (From the UK) statista.com/statistics/942…
Sports Fans: morningconsult.com/2020/09/10/spo…
Figured amusement parks (especially 6 flags) might be disproportionately Black, but couldn't find any data. Found this for Disney world, doesn't look like they count Hispanics: streetlightdata.com/measuring-trav…
Obviously writing is paid, but starts as a hobby. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
NRA members: "I find that whites are somewhat more likely to be in the NRA, with 78 percent of those reported NRA membership being white" vice.com/en/article/zmg…
Yoga: "About one in every 15 Americans practices yoga, according to a 2012 Yoga Journal study, and more than four-fifths of them are white." theatlantic.com/national/archi…
Top TV shows by race: usatoday.com/story/life/tv/…
Guessing hobby flying matches these demographics: "In the United States 93.7% of professional pilots are White and 92.5% of professional pilots are male, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics." cnn.com/travel/article…
For those of you who say that all this is because of income, I wouldn't necessarily agree... blacks are more likely to buy luxury items (cars, jewelry, electronics) despite being poorer, and making less...web.archive.org/web/2018071906…
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