You should feel embarassed about writing this post. And for a number of reasons. First of all, what's the point of pointing out that sex sells? That is nothing new. It's a global phenomenon. And yes, there are some posts here where that is the case. But this really only represents a very small number of the posts that do well. Just watch the trending page day after day and that will become obvious to you.

As for your claim that being white is a big advantage here, that is simply preposterous. One of your prime examples is HeidiTravels. But she just happened to be the first person to do anything like what she does on Steemit, and at that time (a couple of months ago) content diversification was even more sorely needed than it is now. She went on some great trips, wrote some nice stories about her journeys, and quite frankly she was in the right place at the right time here on steemit and developed a nice following for those reasons. It has nothing to do with being white.

As for the 2 sisters that take pictures eating in various places, who you claim are an example of getting paid well because of being white, well, they aren't even white. They're filipina. Also, they posted 42 times before getting their first payout over $100. And of those first 42 posts, 2 received $76 while most of the rest received under $10, many under $1, and some $0. And the average payout was only around $5 for those first 42 posts. They have since posted perhaps another 50 times and have only had 2 or 3 posts over $300. Their average per post is probably less than $50. Yet they never complain. They just keep posting and having fun, slowly building their following. I like that attitude and I will start following and voting for them now that you brought them to my attention.

Now let's look at your posting. You've posted 10 times (two of those were just cut and paste tweets from Vitalik, so really just 8 legit posts). Of your 8 posts, 2 got payouts over $250, including one over $300. And your average was around $75/post (or $60/post if you include the Vitalik tweets). Do you think you should be getting more than that? I hate that entitlement mentality. And I will probably not upvote you again because of it.

Do yourself and everyone else a favor. Stop complaining and making excuses. Work on improving your content and building a following. And enjoy the fact that you're making on average $60-75 just by posting some pictures of yourself traveling or cooking. Where else can you do that???