What does it mean that almost all the white house interns were white?
What I am interested here is in getting people to think a bit outside their box. I have been trying here to be careful, patient and respectful.
You of all conservatives here should understand critical thinking. Let's acknowledge that yes, "Republicans have never made significant inroads with minorities. It's only been the status for the last 80 years or so."
What does it mean for the country?
Now what does that mean that so few people with melanin have such a commitment?
That again, is a statement of some fact, i.e. "that people with melanin don't pursue careers in Law or Political Science", and not really what such a thing implies, and certainly not relevant to the subject of interns at the current White House.
Now, please, try once more:
What does it mean that so few young people of color are interning at the current White House? What are the implications, both present and future?
Why might the lack of diversity in the Trump internship program be a problem in and of itself?
[TeyshaBlue criticism of RG personally]
Fair enough. The question remains, and it is perfectly fair and relevant to ask, regardless of any of my personal faults.
That you can't, or seemingly won't answer it is not on me. It is on you.
Why might the lack of diversity in the Trump internship program be a problem in and of itself?
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To cause the result of only white people getting hired, one of two things had to happen:
Only white people were seriously considered.
Only white people applied.
What are the implications, to you, of either?
You are addressing the possible cause of the disparity, but not what it ultimately mean to effectively only have white kids as Interns at the current White house.
What does that mean for the country? For the Democratic party? For the Republican party?
What's your answer to your question
Is the lack of diversity in the presidential white house internship program specifically one that the Trump administration is facing?
Only 8-10% for Obama! How come it wasn't representative of the melanin peopled population?!?! How many times did you flip when you saw this picture? What did the lack of diversity mean for the country past, present, or future?
Anytime they put a female into a panel discussion she tries to browbeat everyone else by at ude yapping over any points being made.
This is what happens when RG goes off linky posting script these days.... meaningless open ended questions who's answers receive disapproval as if it's a test "guess what I am thinking".
Stick to posting regurgitated confirmation bias , RG.
You cannot know what the lack of diversity means when there was never significant diversity to begin with. If Obama had diversity, are those interns now senators and congressmen? Do they affect policy? If not, what's your ing point?
Kind of like posters here that like to go straight to the ad hominem instead of respond to points being made
In the long-term not much. American society is not this monolithic structure made of concrete. It is dynamic, malleable, plastic. A better description would be silly putty which is illustrative on many levels.
The continued marginalization of the GOP will be the end product of continued lack of minority participation or support. The impact on the popullance as a whole, is negligible in the long term. Short-term, it can give rise to feelings of disenfranchisement but results like this are largely self-correcting.
I will refrain from answering it for now. I prefer not affecting others' answers one way or another.
What does it mean that almost all the white house interns were white?
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What does it mean for the country?
Thank you. Out of all the regulars here that self-identify as conservative, I would expect you to be the first to answer the question meaningfully and directly.In the long-term not much. American society is not this monolithic structure made of concrete. It is dynamic, malleable, plastic. A better description would be silly putty which is illustrative on many levels.
The continued marginalization of the GOP will be the end product of continued lack of minority participation or support. The impact on the popullance as a whole, is negligible in the long term. Short-term, it can give rise to feelings of disenfranchisement but results like this are largely self-correcting.
I am not sure I fully understand you though, what do you mean by "continued marginalization of the GOP"?
If my goal is to get others to stretch themselves and think, why would I spoon feed them answer formats?
If my goal is to see what and how people think, wouldn't any answer I give affect that?
There's no question that the Republican base is shrinking. Current GOP leadership will continue to magnify that trend. Unless there are some major shifts with the moderate voices within the GOP, the party will be largely toothless in a decade or so.
You're acting like there's a text book answer here and you'd the one holding the answer key.
Can't imagine many people wanting to play your condescending game
What does it mean that so few young people of color are interning at the current White House? What are the implications, both present and future?
Is 8-10% more than 2%? Why fewer this year than in the year you pictured?Is the lack of diversity in the presidential white house internship program specifically one that the Trump administration is facing?
Only 8-10% for Obama! How come it wasn't representative of the melanin peopled population?!?! How many times did you flip when you saw this picture? What did the lack of diversity mean for the country past, present, or future?
8-10% of what ethnicity? Did you include non-African Americans? Asians? Hispanic? How did you reach this number?
What does it mean that so few young people of color are interning at the current White House?
We have determined that self-selection might be a cause. Why is that important?
I have said there isn't any real "textbook" answer. I have my answer, but that is not gong to be everybody's answer. My goal is to get people to think, and a sense of curiosity.
What specifically is condescending here?
Uh...yeah
So a party that seems to dissuade a large portion of young people from participating faces some demographic challenges. Current data on age and political views would seem to support that.
As a Democrat, I think a "toothless GOP" is a bad thing. Healthy democracy requires more than one effective party, in my opinion. I would agree that there needs to be a shift in moderation for the GOP.
Any ideas as to how to do that?
(shrugs)
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence, Blake. I have gone out of my way to NOT be condescending. I have been fair and insistent.
Is that what you mean?
I feel like this thread didn't go the way you wanted and now you're dug in and acting like you planned it turn into whatever this is.
What does that mean for the country? For the Democratic party? For the Republican party?
It isn't a test, it is an invitation for you to think and discuss something.
It would seem to me that you can know what the lack of diversity means, even when there was never significant diversity to begin with, which I am not sure is the case.
How do you know that there never was "any significant diversity to begin with"?
You are free to think/feel what you want, as we all are.
You don't seem to want to answer that particular question, or any of the others relating to the OP. Why is that?
I believe I did offer an answer. As have others. You seem to have your own answer that you're not willing to share. So there's not
much point.
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