Obama's cabinet diversity

[scheming daemons]

Diversity?
- 5 women (the most ever in any administration)
- 4 African-Americans (not counting himself, the most ever in any administration)
- 3 Hispanics (tied for the most ever in any administration)
- 2 Asians (the most ever in any administration)

Brains?
- 8 Ivy Leaguers

Regional Balance?
- 2 southerners
- 3 westerners
- 4 New Yorkers
- 5 midwesterners



I have no patience at ALL for any groups complaining about the diversity of this cabinet. There has never been a more diverse government in the history of the world, let alone the United States.

[firedupdem]

1. Word! n/t

[Runcible Spoon]

2. yawn. Ivy League elitism does not equal intelligence.

I could give a fuck if the Cabinet is a rainbow unicorn coalition. They're still all, with very few exceptions, still ideologically DLC/Third Way/post-partisan/Repub Lite/term of your choice that essentially spells out the same shit.

[scheming daemons]

3. Complaints about their ideologies are valid.....

... complaints about their diversity (with respect to disaffected groups) are not.

[Runcible Spoon]

4. I am of two minds on that particular issue....

on one hand, we are NOT past identity politics and I think giving minority groups visible appointments does help foster a sense of precedent for other minorities seeking high power seats. The dark side of this is that you can stick a few "tokens" in and then that becomes some sort of validation to the notion that racism, sexism, anti-gay sentiments are somehow eradicated.

On the other hand, in terms of real progress in policy-making, it makes absolutely no difference what minority one comes from. The only thing that matters is her/his perspective and experience in enacting good policy.

[cali]

11. yawn. what a crock.

The cabinet is largely comprised of smart capable people such as Bill Richardson and Janet Napolitano.

Anyone who thinks this cabinet isn't a big change from the last 8 years, is simply blind.

[Jennicut]

15. You got that right!

[NYC_SKP]

5. K and R, and another good thread on the topic, give it a kick...

By ProSense:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8009641&mesg_id=8009641

:patriot:

[dsc]

6. and zero

count them zero gays. A group which voted 7 to 2.3 in his favor got 0 slots and Republicans who opposed him 9 to 1 got 2 slots.

[uponit7771]

7. ...after Warren Obama's views on gays has gotten my attention.

[Vinca]

10. How do you know?

(P.S. No fat people, either . . . the horror of it all.)

[dsc]

13. I take people at their words

and presume married people are straight. And I did see some chunky folks at some of these cabinet announcements spoken as a chunky dude myself.

[alwysdrunk]

12. You don't know that

I'm glad the president isn't play the quota game. By the way, every "where are the fat people, where are the midgets" retort to your complaint always goes unanswered by you. That it is a valid position that makes yours look ridiculous is the reason.

[dsc]

14. Well when Obama names an anti midget or anti fat person

to give his innovacation call me. When suicide among the fat or the midgets reaches 4 times the national average, call me. When we see hate crimes rise against the fat or the midgets call me. We we see fat people or midgets banned from adopting call me.

[Bobbieo]

8. Is there a Native American on board????

[Chulanowa]

9. Is there ever?

Though honestly we don't have the time for it. Too busy crying over roadside litter, y'know.

[MadHound]

16. And it still winds up being a center, center-right cabinet

Change, yeah, right. More 'Pugs, DLCer's, and corporatists. Real change there.

[truedelphi]

17. And is any of this diverse crew NOT affiliated with the Big

Corporations??

The middle and lower incomed class is screwn

[Zynx]

18. I'm more interested in policies than background. Look at FDR's cabinet and not be

mortified at their connections.

[LWolf]

19. You didn't include the demographics I was looking for.

How many liberals?

How many leftists?

How many atheists?

How many Buddhists? Pagans?

[Clio the Leo]

20. For cryin' out loud! Where are all the white men!!!!

LOL .... on the first train back to Texas! That's where they are!!!


YEEEEEEEEHAW!!!!!!!!!!!