Posted on 01/30/2020 7:04:32 PM PST by EdnaMode
It's a statement that's as predictable as it is infuriating: President Donald Trump's administration lacks diversity.
On Tuesday, Trump tweeted photos of a briefing he'd received on the new coronavirus spreading out of China.
"We will continue to monitor the ongoing developments," the President said in his post. "We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7!"
Who are these experts? They're largely the same sorts of white men (and a couple women on the sidelines) who've dominated the Trump administration from the very beginning.
By contrast, former President Barack Obama's circle of advisers in the face of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was hardly so monochromatic. Neither was it so abysmal in terms of gender diversity. (Of course, to contextualize, Obama's administration, on the whole, was far more diverse than Trump's.)
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So 10 white dudes on a fire truck shouldn’t bother to put out the fire?
Predictably stupid.
So putting some wise Latinas or AA blacks or other browns on the coronavirus team will enhance its effectiveness...how?
Isn’t the issue getting the best people in the field on the job?
There are actually human beings who still watch this network.
That’s pretty depressing.
so far the Virus has a lack of diversity and killed only Asians
My gaydar just spiked for some reason.
IIRC, FDNY basically did diversity hiring at one for some reason and passed several candidates who had failed several of the tests that were required to be passed. In a emergency, if the had to make a fire-fighter down/trapped type rescue they physically couldn’t or something like that, but were still cleared to enter burning buildings.
That picture pins so many of my radars, with the Smug-O-Meter getting one of its highest readings
I guess they dont want cops or troops to save them if they’re mostly white.
Good to know. Mark that down.
These racist grouches should relocate to the hundreds of places on this planet where Blacks run the government.
The Commie News Network says we are not racists and it is not about race. But it is ALWAYS about race. “Diversity” means nothing other than race. Never mind talent or merit, excellence in your field, quality, or ability. Nothing matters except “diversity,” nothing. What pure unadulterated crap.
CNN’s accountants say this viewpoint is what will make them the most profit.
Sick.
When you are in a hole, fighting for your life, you don’t care what color is beside you...as long as his weapon works.
Yes, much better to have 100% POC and weird genders, regardless of experience. Diversity trumps all.
Just like the calendar my medical insurer sent me, showing zero white people.
Well over 200 dead with unfortunately many to follow, and CNN takes a moment to hack at the ‘diversity’ of the team.
Whatever, least they’re actually reporting that the president is doing something. Perhaps the House will make up a crime to impeach the president over again.
It’s CNN. I wonder if there aren’t more gays than straights there.
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