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This is just a fact piece, and I have no wish to propose any theory on why things are the way they are.
Ever since the defeat of Donald Trump, there has been a lot of speculation about who the incoming "Not my President" Joe Biden will pick for his cabinet.
Biden, of course, is of Irish Catholic background and identity, and represents a party that places a lot of emphasis on "diversity" and "inclusion." His VP pick, a untalented woman of Black and Indian ancestry seems to tick that box quite well, but what of his other choices?
According to Wikipedia the cabinet includes the following positions
Secretary of State (Foreign Minister)
Secretary of the Treasury (Finance Minister)
Secretary of Defense (War Minister)
Attorney General (Legal Affairs Minister)
Secretary of the Interior (Natural Resources Minister)
Secretary of Agriculture (Agricultural Minister)
Secretary of Commerce (Business Minister)
Secretary of Labor (Labor Minister)
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Health Minister)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing Minister)
Secretary of Transportation (Transport Minister)
Secretary of Energy (Energy Minister)
Secretary of Education (Education Minister)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Post-War Minister)
Secretary of Homeland Security (Minister of Police)
Trade Representative (Trade Minister)
Director of National Intelligence (Spymaster #1)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Spymaster #2)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Environment Minister)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (Small Business Minister)
Next here are Biden's existing appointments and nominees for these 21 positions and their ethnicities:
Secretary of State (Antony Blinken - WHITE-JEWISH)
Secretary of the Treasury (Janet Yellin - WHITE-JEWISH)
Secretary of Defense (Lloyd Austin - BLACK)
Attorney General (Merrick Garland - WHITE-JEWISH)
Secretary of the Interior (Deb Haaland - MIXED RACE (Red Indian + Norwegian))
Secretary of Agriculture (Tom Vilsack - WHITE-CATHOLIC)
Secretary of Commerce (Gina Raimondo - WHITE-CATHOLIC (Italian American))
Secretary of Labor (Marty Walsh - WHITE-CATHOLIC (Irish American))
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Xavier Becerra - HISPANIC (Mexican American))
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Marcia Fudge - BLACK)
Secretary of Transportation (Pete Buttigieg - WHITE-CATHOLIC)
Secretary of Energy (Jennifer Granholm - WHITE-CATHOLIC (Scandinavian + Irish))
Secretary of Education (Miguel Cardona - HISPANIC (Puerto Rican))
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Denis McDonough - WHITE-CATHOLIC (Irish American))
Secretary of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas HISPANIC-JEWISH)
Trade Representative (Katherine Tai - ASIAN (Chinese American))
Director of National Intelligence (Avril Haines - WHITE-JEWISH)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Neera Tanden - ASIAN (Indian-American))
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (William Burns - WHITE CATHOLIC (Irish-American))
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Michael S. Regan - BLACK)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (Isabel Guzman - HISPANIC-JEWISH)
Out of the 21 positions:
- Seven are Whites with a Catholic background (33%)
- Six are Jewish (28.5%)
- Four are Hispanic (19%)
- Three are Black (14.3%)
- Two are Asian (9.5%)
- Zero are White with a Protestant ethnic background.
Aren't the hispanics in the cabinet Catholic as well?
ReplyDeleteThis would put Catholics at higher than 50%, and Biden is Catholic as well.
As you can see in the Wikipidea page, less than 60% of Latin Americans are Catholics. The vast majority of Jews in the Americas live in the US, many of whom are in fact Latinos as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Latin_America
DeleteBiden is not Catholic, as he supports abortion. There are many Jewish Latinos in the US as well.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Latin_America
ReplyDeleteAccording to the above there are no German Catholics or German Protestants in cabinet... thank God they are in private sector enough to keep country afloat!!
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