I read both posts, the problem runs deeper than that. I was here before steem launched, I remember when it was announced on bitcointalk. I was working with bitshares, and followed it's coder over to their new project...

I was one of the ones who set up a server only to be unable to mine any steem because the miner that was put out didn't work.

A small circle of people had a miner that did function, and was able to mine up most of the beginning for themselves.

Then there was a block on creating accounts, and I was unable to create an account to get in on the beginning.

Then they added downvotes to combat some of the crazy payouts, and some stuff was getting way overpaid...

And it took less than a day for people to use those downvotes for personal gain.

All of these problems, and more, allowed a select group of accounts to be able to build up a God level of power on the chain.

Then Dan left to build EOS.

Steemit and their large share was sold to Justin

That group was able to solidify their power through a fork and convince the entire community to jump over to HIVE.

The entire time, new users are discouraged by the same few people getting trending for next to no effort, just because they know the right people.

The price of hive is kept low because the same people farm the rewards for themselves, and push out new users with their stupid attitudes...

Honestly, I doubt race has anything to do with it. Odds are very good that you angered a money hungry "God" level user... And they added you to the shit list.