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[–] Baconmon 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago  (edited ago)

I thought some one debunked this already by pointing out that black people are often denoted as african-americans, so when you search for american inventor, it tends to come up with a lot of black people..

EDIT: Yes please down-vote for suggesting a possible rational explantion.. I didn't say that explanation was 100% the reason.. I was just asking about it because I saw some one talk about it last time this subject came up.. I'm sorry for not jumping to the same hivemind conclusions instantly.. I will try harder next time..

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[–] dayofthehope [S] ago 

The search engines were originally designed to bring up the results that people are looking for. They have resistance against spamming, so just using a term more often, as you suggest should have little or no impact.