Thursday, April 29, 2021

Kudos

More than half of the roughly 1,500 political appointees in the Biden administration are women and nearly one-third are naturalized or children of immigrants, according to data released Thursday by the White House.

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Fifty-eight percent of Biden's appointees are women, 18 percent identify as Black, 15 percent identify as Latino or Hispanic and 15 percent identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander, according to the Office of Presidential Personnel. Fourteen percent identify as LGBTQ, 15 percent were the first in their families to attend college, and 32 percent of appointees are naturalized citizens or children of immigrants.

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The White House Office of Presidential Personnel issued a diversity report on Biden's 100th day in office to tout the administration's commitment to filling the administration with women and people of color. Biden has tapped roughly 1,500 appointees to various agencies so far.

  The Hill

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