ElephantStomp
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There areI don't just think there's diversity in our government. I know.
Federal workforce:
Three charts on diversity in the federal government's workforce
A new Office of Personnel Management report reveals that the proportions of white workers and men in the government are higher than their proportions of the US population overall. This is especially true at the senior level.usafacts.org
The numbers don't align perfectly with total population. Blacks are overrepresented - half again - in the Federal workforce. Hispanic Federal employment lags significantly. Less than a two percent difference for whites. Part of this difference for whites and Hispanics is that their portions of the population have changed rapidly in the past two decades, and many Federal employees are well tenured. Whites were 77 percent in 2000, now they're 59 percent.
House and Senate:
U.S. Congress continues to grow in racial, ethnic diversity
A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.www.pewresearch.org
The numbers don't perfectly align with total population, but they correlate for blacks, and continue to diversify.
You may continue to believe that people of different races can't represent each other. I know otherwise. What you can't say, though, is that there is a lack of diversity in our government. This information plainly refutes that.
435 members in the house and 58 are black….youre right pretty diverse, I should’ve known better….I don't just think there's diversity in our government. I know.
Federal workforce:
Three charts on diversity in the federal government's workforce
A new Office of Personnel Management report reveals that the proportions of white workers and men in the government are higher than their proportions of the US population overall. This is especially true at the senior level.
The numbers don't align perfectly with total population. Blacks are overrepresented - half again - in the Federal workforce. Hispanic Federal employment lags significantly. Less than a two percent difference for whites. Part of this difference for whites and Hispanics is that their portions of the population have changed rapidly in the past two decades, and many Federal employees are well tenured. Whites were 77 percent in 2000, now they're 59 percent.
House and Senate:
U.S. Congress continues to grow in racial, ethnic diversity
A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.
The numbers don't perfectly align with total population, but they correlate for blacks, and continue to diversify.
You may continue to believe that people of different races can't represent each other. I know otherwise. What you can't say, though, is that there is a lack of diversity in our government. This information plainly refutes that.
Its not that I believe it I know as do many many many others, but you being the expert would know better
