On The Nose
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While it is true that Caucasians are over-represented in curling, I think the primary reason for it is because curling is still a 'cultish' sport. By that, I mean that is is not wide reaching or popular.
Those of us who play the game follow it on TV, etc., but it is still a foreign activity to the huge majority. And when the majority of people are not exposed to something, they are not really aware of it.
The Olympics have helped to bring awareness of curling to people... but it is a fleeting awareness - after the two weeks of Olympic activities is over, curling is forgotten - largely because of the increasingly large number of distractions available to humans today (mostly via 'technology').
Also, the countries that the visible minorities (or their parents) have come from are not countries in which curling is popular (or, in some cases, played at all) - so they likely had no exposure to curling before coming to Canada.
It will evolve, as all things do... but until curling reaches the popularity level of other, more well known sports, it will logically lag behind insofar as the participation of visual minorities is concerned - because it lags behind insofar as general participation is concerned.
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