What can iNaturalist do to better support people of color?

In Israel, many coloured minorities would prefer to use the site in Arabic. While we at iNat Israel speak Hebrew and are working on a Hebrew translation, we would like to eventually provide an Arabic version as well. It would help lower barriers to inclusion and allow for a more diverse user base. We do have some Arab, Bedouin, and Amharic-speaking users, but we would like to do more to support these marginalized groups.

I am sure that there are many other countries who have coloured minorities, whether native or immigrant, who would prefer to use the site in their mother tongue. I think providing more support for translations may help. Fortunately for North American users there is already a full Spanish translation.

(On that note, any Arabic-fluent users who can help, please reach out to me in a private message)

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