: Yawn. I live in a country on this continent where any mention of anything related to race or skin colour or any somesuch immediately gets you branded a racist.  Playing the racism card is getting quite worn out by now.  People are different, and not everyone around the world realises the extent of differences between people.  If that section can shed some light on what the make-up of Africa is to someone living in China having no feeling for the rest of the world, it should be there — that's the point of an encyclopedia.  Deal with the fact that we live in a rainbow world, and calling "orange" by any other name doesn't make it less orange.  
 : Furthermore, I don't give a rat's ass what they do on the Europe page.  We aren't in any way bound by what they decide there, and this page will grow through consensus from the editors here.  That is the wiki way; take it in that spirit, or find another project to invest your time in.