There’s a problem with juries. A legal loophole makes them less diverse. A Vox video.
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White House staff diversity, already low, is decreasing:
“Of the 55 highest-earning White House staffers, POLITICO was able to identify only a half-dozen who are not white. Along with [director of strategic communications Mercedes] Schlapp, that includes director of management and administration Marcia Lee Kelly, who is Korean-American, and Joyce Meyer, a Filipino-American who is a senior member of the legislative affairs team.”
“’Having diversity in a leadership team is clearly necessary for top performance,’ said Max Stier, the president of the Partnership for Public Service, a non-profit that advised the Trump transition team as it set up the government. ‘The proverbial group think, which is a real problem, becomes less of one when you have a diverse team.’
He added: ‘It’s not something that’s going to get better by accident. It’s something that gets better when people at the top prioritize it’.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Friday about the diversity of its staff.”
— “Trump’s inner circle gets whiter,” Andrew Restuccia, Politico
More:
“Trump has so few senior black advisers, Kellyanne Conway struggles to name one,” Emily Stewart, Vox
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The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country. At 45 percent of the population, white Christians are a shrinking demographic, and it’s obvious, hence the bitter backlash from many members of the group against the country’s increasing diversification.
“People fight like that when they are losing a sense of place, a sense of belonging, and a sense of the country that they understand and love. How do they reengage in public life when they can’t be the majority?” — Robert P. Jones, author of The End of White Christian America.
An Atlantic video.
Related:
“Trump can’t make America white again,” Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
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Things in America may seem a bit scary right now, but it’s not all bad:
In California, Kamala Harris has been elected to the U.S. Senate
Catherine Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Harry Reid
Tammy Duckworth was elected to the U.S. Senate, defeating incumbent Mark Kirk, in Illinois
Ilhan Omar won a seat in the Minnesota statehouse
Florida’s Stephanie Murphy unseated 12-term Congressman John Mica
Former Orlando police chief Val Demings was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Paul Penzone defeated Arizona’s racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio
San Francisco, Oakland, and Albany, California, and Boulder, Colorado voted to tax sugary drinks
California, Nevada and Massachusetts voted to legalize recreational marijuana use
Updates:
Maggie Hassan defeated incumbent New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte
California voters passed Proposition 63, requiring background checks for ammunition-buyers and instructing police to collect guns from newly convicted felons
Nevada’s Question 1 initiative passed, expanding in-person background checks on private gun sales and transfers, including online and gun show transactions
Washington State voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 1491, permitting courts to temporarily suspend access to firearms for people at risk of harming themselves or others through “ex parte extreme risk protection orders,”and allowing family members, roommates, significant others and law enforcement to petition for “extreme risk protection orders” temporarily revoking access to firearms for persons accused of domestic abuse
Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington state approved measures raising the minimum wage
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The multinational Mattel corporation has announced three new body shapes for its Barbie doll. Soon petite, tall, and curvy dolls will join the anatomically non viable classic Barbies scattered across the floors of girls around the globe. Given the “fashionista” variations in skin tones and hair texture, there will now be 33 types of Barbies, as varied as the young women playing with them.
But what about Hijab Barbie? And Lego just issued a minfigure in a wheelchair. Just sayin’.
“The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) recently released its annual study of newsroom diversity. The results only confirmed what many who have lived through the industry’s deep recession have already experienced: a steady decline in minority journalists and stagnation in prior progress. Despite claims by news organizations that they value and promote diversity, the numbers in this year’s study show 90 percent of newsroom supervisors from participating news organizations were white.”
— “Newsroom Diversity: A Casualty of Journalism’s Financial Crisis,” Riva Gold, The Atlantic
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Britannica Media Archivist Melinda Leonard found this 1946 short film on American Immigration. It boasts of diversity and openness but portrays results of a policy that excluded people from most parts of the world. All the newcomers you see are European.
More:
“Britannica Classic Videos: Immigration (1946),” Melinda Leonard, Britannica Blog
Related:
“Immigration,” NotionsCapital.com
“History of Immigration in America: A Turbulent Timeline,” Stephanie Vatz, KQED News
“Are You Smart Enough to Be a Citizen? Take Our Quiz,” Eric Liu, The Atlantic
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